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The Cercle d’études at the Fondation Napoléon > Talks “2021 Année Napoléon”
As part of the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death / “2021 Année Napoléon”, the Fondation Napoléon is organising a series of six talks (including one on two dates), from 25 May to 23 November 2021, in partnership with the Librairie Fontaine Haussmann bookshop: – on 25 and 26 May, Thierry Lentz, historian, director of the Fondation […]
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Fondation Napoléon > Obituary: Annelore Rabaud (1946-2021)
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of Annelore Rabaud, who passed away on 30 March at the age of 74. Annelore Rabaud was in charge of accounting at the Fondation Napoléon from 1999 to 2011. We all remember her great professionalism, her kindness and her discretion. Annelore was concerned about […]
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Fondation Napoléon > New Standing Committee of the Board of Directors
On Tuesday 16 March 2021, the standing committee of the Fondation Napoléon’s Board of Directors was re-elected, following the new appointments and reappointments of members decided at the board meeting last 11 January 2021. – Chairman of the standing committee: Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, (president of the Board of Directors) – Vice-Chairman: Olivier Fouquet (President […]
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Co-edition Perrin / Fondation Napoléon > publication of the St-Helena notebooks of Grand-Maréchal Bertrand, the last 500 days (1820-1821)
This is a crucial document in the reference edition that was lacking. These Notebooks based on the original manuscript, are presented and commented on by François Houdecek (in charge of special projects at the Fondation Napoléon). This work was published in the collection La Bibliothèque de Sainte-Hélène, directed by Thierry Lentz, director of the Fondation […]
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Nomination : Marie-Christine Labourdette appointed head of the Etablissement public du château de Fontainebleau
Marie-Christine Labourdette, who had been President of the Cité de l’architecture et du Patrimoine since 2018, was officially appointed on 17 February 2021 to head the Établissement public du château de Fontainebleau, replacing Jean-François Hébert. She took up her post on 8 March. Her mission will be to continue the development of the Château de […]
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