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Place, museum or monumentMorris Jumel House
The Morris-Jumel House is a New York landmark and Manhattan island's oldest exstant private dwelling. Built in 1765 inthe American Palladian style, it was originally a summer villa located 12 miles outside of what was then New York City. The house however had a chequered history before establishing itself in Napoleonic history. Built by a […]
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Place, museum or monumentThe Cabildo
That Louisiana is one of the most mysterious and culturally rich states in America is well known. That it houses a wealth of Napoleonic history would come as a surprise to most.More than any other landmark, the Cabildo is a symbol of Louisiana's early history. Completed in 1799, the present structure occupies a site associated […]
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Place, museum or monumentDomaine national de Saint Cloud – Park and Historical Museum
The Château de Saint-Cloud was the scene of some of the significant moments in French 19th century history, and most notably in Napoleonic history in that it saw the rise and fall of both the First and Second Empires. Bonaparte seized power there in his coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire, and the Empire was proclaimed […]
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Place, museum or monumentAla Napoleonica in Piazza San Marco – Venice
One of the world's best-known historical sites, Piazza San Marco is surrounded by some remarkable monuments – the Basilica (originally the Doge's private chapel!), the Torre dell'Orologio, the Procuratie Nuove and the Procuratie Vecchie, Sansovino's Libreria Marciana, and finally the Ala Napoleonica which today houses the Museo Correr. Towards the end of 1805, Venice became […]
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Place, museum or monumentGreat Saint Bernard Pass
The crossing of the Great Saint Bernard Pass remains an epic moment in the course of Napoleonic history. Indeed, although whilst many of the Swiss passes were crossed by French, Russian and Austrian armies, only the crossing of the Great Saint Bernard is ever remembered. From one cunning commission given to the painter David, the […]
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Place, museum or monumentMarengo
The Battle of Marengo took place on the Bormida plain on 14 June 1800, near to the town of Alessandria in Piedmont. The French Arméé de Réserve led by the First Consul fought against the Austrian troops of the Second Coalition. Never was victory so close to defeat. The combat began at 9 am with […]
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Place, museum or monumentHôtel de Monaco, Paris
The Hôtel de Monaco was built between 1774 and 1777 for Marie-Catherine de Brignole, the estranged wife of Honoré-Camille-Léonor Grimaldi, prince of Monaco, himself residing in the Hôtel Matignon. Marie-Catherine chose this site (one of the last unbuilt plots on the faubourg Saint-Germain) so as to be close to the Palais Bourbon, the house of her […]
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Place, museum or monumentEcole Militaire – Champs-de-Mars Military School
After his schooling at Brienne, the young Bonaparte went to the Paris Ecole Militaire military school from 22nd October 1784 to 28th October 1785. He left as a second class lieutenant in the artillery, with a commission to join the La Fère regiment in Valence. In 1795 Bonaparte came back to the school to establish […]
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Place, museum or monumentPont des Arts Bridge
By a decree of 15th March 1801, Bonaparte ordered the construction of a bridge which would connect the Louvre and the Collège des Quatre-Nations, the present day Institut de France. And this work marks the introduction of a new building material, iron. An attempt had been made in Lyons but it was in Paris that […]
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Place, museum or monumentRue Rivoli, Paris
The idea of driving a triumphal route through Paris from east to west emerged during the Ancien Regime, but it was never to be realised. Indeed the need for a main channel of communication between the place de la Concorde and the Louvre was bitterly felt during the revolutionary revolts around the Tuileries – and […]