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PaintingPhotograph: Ruins of the Tuileries Palace, Grand Vestibule and Place du Carrousel (May 1871)The Palais des Tuileries A few months after the fall of the Second Empire and the establishment of the Third Republic, Paris, the so-called City of Light, was lit up by the fires of a popular insurrection. The Communards [e.g. the Parisian insurgents], knowing they were… -
ArticleTalking Point with Pierre Branda: Napoleon’s Hat! Again…HIS bicorn hat remains the quintessential Napoleonic object. As soon as it’s announced that one is to be sold at auction, collectors start getting into a flap, the press spreads the news. Then comes the killer question: is it authentic? On 27 October 2021, in… -
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… -
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… -
from 25/09/2021 to 26/09/2021Family, Re-enactmentLiving History weekend at Hole Park, Kentevent 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 PalacesNapoleon 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 perspectivesThis 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 […]