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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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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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Fondation Napoléon > Disappointment after the refusal of the Paris Musée de l’Armée to move elsewhere the planned artistic installation of a reproduction of the skeleton of the horse, “Marengo”, above the Emperor’s Tomb (May 2021)
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE – 7 May 2021 The Fondation Napoléon regrets the refusal of the Paris Musée de l’Armée to move elsewhere the planned artistic installation of a reproduction of the skeleton of the horse, “Marengo”, above the Emperor’s Tomb. As part of its contemporary art exhibition “Napoleon? Encore!”, which opens on 7 May 2021, […]
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Bicentenary of Napoleon’s death > a word from the President of the Fondation Napoléon, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling
5 May 2021, a day of celebration Dear Friends, Here we are on the eve of the commemoration of Napoleon’s death on St Helena, which occurred two hundred years ago at 5.49 pm. This 5 May, as indeed the whole of this very special year, “2021 Année Napoléon”, has involved many different players – public […]
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