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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.
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Grant for a publication > Les troupes de marine au combat 1854 – 1870 edited by Walter Bruyère-Ostells
The Fondation Napoléon has made a grant publication for this new book by L’Artilleur – Bernard Giovanangeli devoted to the Troupes de Marine [a branch of the French Army] in combat, from the Battle of Alma (1854) to the Battle of Bazeilles (1870). At Bazeilles, in 1870, the soldiers of the Troupes de Marine of the […]
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Patronage: the Emperor’s barge presented in Brest, at the Ateliers des Capucins (28 May 2021)
Napoleon I’s barge which was permanently deposited at the Musée National de la Marine in Brest at the end of 2018, due to the redevelopment of the Paris site of the multi-site French Martime Museum, has been the subject of a major restoration operation supported by the Fondation Napoléon. After being stored for almost a […]
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Participation of the Fondation Napoléon in the Olympiades de la jeunesse SMLH (Youth Games), May-September 2021
This year, 2021, the Société des membres de la Légion d’honneur [Society of the Members of the Légion d’honneur] celebrates the centenary of its creation by organising the Olympiades de la jeunesse [Youth Games] from May to September 2021. These Olympiades are placed under the high patronage of Emmanuel Macron, President of the Republic, with […]
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2021 Année Napoléon: the bicentenary of Napoleon’s Death: patronage, exhibitions, events, publications
In 2021, the Fondation Napoléon worked with numerous partners in France and abroad to commemorate the Emperor’s death two hundred years ago. This last great Napoleonic bicentenary offered the opportunity to disseminate the most recent historical knowledge on the personality and work of Napoleon, as well as on his unique legacy. As a co-producer of […]
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Philippe Bélaval has been reappointed for two years at the head of the Centre des Monuments Nationaux (CMN)
Philippe Bélaval who was member of the Board of Trustees of the Fondation Napoléon, representing the French Minister of Culture from 1998 to 2001 and one again since May 2010, has been reappointed for two years as President of the Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN). Having been given the job of president of the CMN […]
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