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from 26/07/2019 to 31/12/2020OtherExperience the “Retour des cendres” in 3-D at the Arc de TriompheThe Arc de Triomphe was ordered by Napoleon I in 1806. Exiled to St Helena in 1815, the Emperor died 15 years before the monument was completed (in 1836). It was in a spirit of reconciliation between all French people that King Louis-Philippe decided, in 1840, to have the Emperor’s body brought back to France on board the famous frigate Belle […]
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from 18/07/2019 to 13/07/2019ConferenceCALL FOR PAPERS: The One Hundred Days in One Hundred Hours (17th international Congress of the INS)Organisers anticipate that many papers will concentrate on the 100 Days and perhaps Grenoble’s native son, Stendhal. As always, other papers of interest and important new research will also be considered. Topics can include military, political, social and cultural aspects of the period. Provisional programme: Monday and Tuesday, conference at La Plateforme, Wednesday conference at […]
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from 14/03/2019 to 31/12/2019Exhibition, OtherBicentenary of the Births of Victoria and AlbertLondon The V&A Museum (London, UK) celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s births with a season of events and displays, including a new addition to the jewellery collection – Queen Victoria’s stunning sapphire and diamond coronet (video), designed for her by Albert, and on display from 11 April Victoria and Albert’s Museum (13 […]
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from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019Other250th anniversary of Napoleon’s birth: various eventsMarch-December 2019, in Autun (and on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of the arrival of Joseph and Napoleon): IMPERIAL YEAR. With talks, exhibitions, guided tours, theatre,… Read more (link in French) May-October 2019, Ajaccio: NAPOLEON YEAR. With an exhibition about Mathilde Bonaparte at the Palais Fesch Museum; an exhibition focusing on Napoleon in contemporary […]