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ObjectThe Great French Imperial Coat of Arms, door hanging for the Emperor’s “grand cabinet” at the Palais des TuileriesThe “grand cabinet” of his “grand appartement de représentation” [great reception apartment] was, in Napoleon’s eyes, the most important room in the Tuileries Palace. It was here that he held the Council of Ministers and received the oaths of the dignitaries and great officers of…
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ArticleStatue of Napoleon in Rouen: “it is a question of respecting our history”For nearly 150 years, the people of Rouen have been accustomed to seeing a statue of Napoleon I on horseback in front of their Town Hall in the square now known as Place Charles-de-Gaulle. But since July 2020, the plinth from which this work towered…
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from 25/09/2021 to 26/09/2021Family, Re-enactmentLiving History weekend at Hole Park, Kent
event webpage Hole Park Benenden Road, Rolvenden, Kent, UK TN17 4JA Contact: Edward Barham Tel: 01580 241 344 Mob: 07976 241794 Email: info@holepark.com Email: events@holepark.com Admission Prices Adults £9.00 Children £1 (5 – 16 years)
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from 15/09/2021 to 15/01/2022ExhibitionNapoleon I’s Lost Palaces
Napoleon Bonaparte is known as an outstanding leader in war, a tireless worker and for rebuilding work in France and beyond, but he is less known as a lover of arts and crafts. However, he was perfectly aware of the strategic but also economic importance of furnishing the imperial residences. Napoleon and the decorative arts […]
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from 22/09/2021 to 24/09/2021ConferencePolice and Territories in Napoleonic Europe: local and imperial perspectives
This event takes place on Wednesday 22 September in the afternoon Thursday 23 all day, Friday 24 in the morning. (Interventions may be in French Italian or English) The aim of this international colloquium is to examine the link between the police and the Napoleonic imperial territory, by studying the administration, the police practices and […]
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ArticleTalking Point with Michel Dancoisne-Martineau : Jacques Jourquin’s passion for the last passion of NapoleonThere are some books that, as you reach the last page, you feel that you will never really close them properly. For me, La dernière passion de Napoléon, la bibliothèque de Sainte-Hélène [“Napoleon’s last passion, the library at St Helena”] by Jacques Jourquin, just published…
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PublicationLa dernière passion de Napoléon. La bibliothèque de Sainte-Hélène [Napoleon’s last Passion: the St Helena Library]Book in French In his book La dernière passion de Napoléon [Napoleon’s passion for books], Jacques Jourquin presents us with the details of a long investigation aimed at reconstituting the contents of the library at Longwood House during Napoleon’s exile on the island of St Helena.…
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Object / Directoire-Consulat-Ier Empire/Directory-Consulate-1st EmpireA set of Chambellan KeysThe “Maison de l’Empereur” or “Emperor’s Household” was created after the proclamation of the Empire and was largely inspired by the “Maison du Roi” or King’s Household during the Ancien Régime. This institution went back a long time: sovereigns had always had an officer at…