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Place, museum or monumentChâtelet Fountain
In 1808, Napoleon had the head office of the military police of Paris demolished thus opening up the required space for Place Châtelet in the middle of which a fountain designed by Bralle was erected. Also called the “Palm-tree fountain”, it comprises a 70-feet high column topped by a statue representing Victory and the allegories […]
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Place, museum or monument / 2nd Republic / 2nd EmpireVilla Eugénie (Hôtel du Palais, Biarritz)
Villa Eugénie was commissioned by Napoleon III and built in 1854. Queen Hortense had been taken by the region as early as 1807, but it took Empress Eugenia’s persuasion before Napoleon III set up the imperial court’s summer residence there. Eugenia was but a child when she discovered the beauty of the Basque coast with […]
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Place, museum or monumentArc de Triomphe du Carrousel – Paris
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel (firmly anchored to the tradition of the ancient triumphal arches) was built by Percier and Fontaine in circa 1806 to 1808 to celebrate the Napoleonic victories of 1805, and it was originally intended as a monumental entrance to the Tuileries palace. When that palace was destroyed by fire in […]
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Place, museum or monumentPalais Galliera – Costume and Fashion Museum
Founded in 1977 in the Galliera Palace, the Costume and Fashion Museum contains an exceptional collection of about 100,000 items: 30,000 costumes and 70,000 accessories. The museum displays male as well as female clothing. Amongst the women's garments there are some truly extraordinary items dating from the First Empire, notably: muslin dresses belonging to Josephine, […]
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Place, museum or monumentPrincely Palace of Monaco
Started by Prince Louis II and enlarged by Prince Rainier III, the Napoleonic collection of the Princely Palace of Monaco is exhibited in the southern wing of the building, on the ground floor. It is composed of one thousand various objects and documents and features a few exceptional items such as the flag of the […]
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Place, museum or monumentVendôme Column
“The city of Paris has a great mast, made entirely of bronze, with sculpted Victories and Napoleon as its lookout”. Such were Balzac’s words on the Vendôme column, the obelisk which throughout the 19th century was seen as the most important symbol of Paris and upon which each government attempted to make its mark. Its […]
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Place, museum or monumentMuseum of Historical Figurines – Compiègne
One hundred thousand tin, lead, card and papier-maché figurines, recounting the military and civilian history of France, go to make up the Musée de la Figurine Historique. And the museum spreads out over 5,300 square feet, six chronological sections, and includes twenty dioramas devoted to the First Empire. Two historical reconstructions present 'The victory at Austerlitz, […]
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Place, museum or monumentPalais de Beaux-Arts – Lille
This Lille art gallery was founded by an act of parliament passed by Bonaparte on 1 September 1801. At that time, when the art pieces seized during the Revolution and the works of art stolen from Flanders, Italy and Germany were filling up the Louvre (soon to be called the Musée Napoléon), the First Consul […]
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Place, museum or monumentMuseum of the History of Medicine – Paris
The neoclassical Collège et Académie de Chirurgie (College and Academy of Surgery) by the architect Gondoin was built in the old Rue des Cordeliers over the years 1769-1775. The rival establishment, the Faculté de Médecine, stood on the Rue de la Bûcherie. After the suppression of the academies and the closure of the faculties in […]
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Place, museum or monumentMuseum of the Prefecture of Police
Housed in the police station of the fifth arrondissement in Paris, this museum was started by the prefect Louis Lépine, better known from the competition for inventors named after him. This museum, with its manuscripts, prints, portraits, posters and various other exhibits, takes visitors on a journey along the history of the Paris police from […]