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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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New Year’s message from Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, president of the Fondation Napoléon
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. […]
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Fondation Napoléon Collection > ‘Napoleon’s Sacre’ exhibition at the Centre Culturel de la Ville de Saint-Raphaël
From 2 December 2024 to 1 March 2025, the town of Saint-Raphaël is celebrating the 220th anniversary of Napoleon’s coronation. As a ‘Ville Partenaire Impériale’ (Imperial Partner Town), Saint-Raphaël is highlighting the impact of this historic figure on France and Europe through a rich and varied cultural programme: an exhibition entitled ‘Le sacre de Napoléon’ […]
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Napoleonica the journal n°7 is out now!
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 […]
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The Fondation Napoléon 2024 History Prizes and Study grant awards ceremony
The 45th award ceremony for the Fondation Napoléon History Prizes, created in 1978, and the 33rd award ceremony for the Fondation Napoléon Ph.D. Grants, created in 1993, was held on Thursday 11 December 2024. The prizes were not awarded in 1981 and 1994. At this ceremony were therefore awarded the 104th and 105th History Prizes. […]
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Fondation Napoléon Collection > ‘The Emperor’s coronation’, an exhibition at the “Musée d’histoire locale” of the town of Rueil-Malmaison (Paris region)
To celebrate the 220th anniversary of the “Sacre”, the local history museum in Rueil-Malmaison (92) will be presenting works exclusively from the collection of the Fondation Napoléon, from 19 October 2024 to 25 January 2025. Works on loan from the Fondation Napoléon : – Allegorical drawing to the glory of H.M. the Emperor – […]
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