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In picturesChâteau de Compiègne. Salon de Réception or Salon de Famille
The Chambre du roi during the ancien régime, this room became a salon during the Empire period. It was entirely refurnished in 1858 and 1859 with a set of gilt wood, Louis-XV chairs upholstered with Beauvais tapestry. Two large bronze torchères, “An Indian man ” and “An Indian woman”, on malachite pedestals bearing the Emperor's […]
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In picturesThe Gare du Nord railway station
Read the history of the gare du Nord railway station in our guide to Napoleonic museums and monuments.
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In picturesSaint-Augustin church
Read the history of Saint-Augustin church in our guide to Napoleonic museums and monuments.
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In picturesLa Maison Bonaparte (Bonaparte House)
Situated in rue Bonaparte (previously rue Malerba), thehouse where Napoleon was born is today a nationalmuseum run from the Malmaison museum.
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In picturesMaison Bonaparte (Bonaparte House) salle II
This room presents Napoleon and his brothers and sisters.The marble bust is a copy after Chaudet, the portraitof Napoleon in his coronation robes is by Girodet. Below is the Emperor's death mask and glass cases containingfacsimiles of manuscripts written in his youth, hisbirth certificate and letters from his brothers andsisters.
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In picturesMaison Bonaparte (Bonaparte House): dining room
The off-white marble colour of the wallpaper matchesthe sample of the original wallpaper found in 1957 whenthe wall mirror was dismantled; the green embossed velvet decorated with pansies which covers the chairs and the table was also reconstituted from original fragments.
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In picturesMaison Bonaparte (Bonaparte House): the ‘chambre de l’Alcôve’ (Alcove bedroom)
According to legend, this bedroom was used by the General Bonaparte on his return from Egypt in 1799.
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In picturesMaison Bonaparte (Bonaparte House): Madame Bonaparte’sbedroom
Originally the study, this room has been used since 1957as a place to display some of the furniture from the next-door room.
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In picturesMaison Bonaparte (Bonaparte House): the gallery
This room, probably decorated in 1797, is at presentbeing restored.
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In picturesLaetitia Murat
Laetitia Murat (1802-1859) was the second child of Caroline and Joachim Murat.