News
The Fondation Napoléon is a registered charity committed to the encouragement of the study of and interest in the history of the First and Second Empires, and the preservation of Napoleonic heritage.
The Fondation Napoléon is a registered charity committed to the encouragement of the study of and interest in the history of the First and Second Empires, and the preservation of Napoleonic heritage.
In 2024, the Board of Directors of the Fondation Napoléon granted the following patronage awards: – funding for a cultural project entitled Musiques, danses et théâtre sous la Révolution et l’Empire [‘Music, dance and theatre during the Revolution and Empire’], at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Intercommunal in Kremlin-Bicêtre – aid to finance the restoration of […]
On 17 December 2024, a partnership was signed by the President of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, Marcello Bertocchini, and the President of the Fondation Napoléon, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, concerning the collaboration in making available online on the website Napoleonica les archives of a corpus of 233 letters from Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, […]
We were saddened to learn of the death of Prince Gabriel de Broglie, a senior civil servant, member of the Académie française and the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, Chancellor and then Honorary Chancellor of the Institut de France. He was a member of the jury for the History Prizes and grants awarded by […]
2025, onwards and upwards! You might have thought that after the bicentenary in 2021, activity in the Napoleonic world would slow down. That was true in 2022. Less true in 2023. Not true at all in 2024. And 2025 will be no different: both Napoleons are still a source of interest, if not of passion. […]
The latest issue of Napoleonica the journal is now available on Cairn, free to consult, download or you can buy a print copy for 7 €. The theme of this issue is “Counting the dead in Napoleonic campaigns: a complex problem?”. The Napoleonica La Revue study day in October 2022 was an opportunity to initiate a process of research and […]