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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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Covid-19 > The Fondation Napoléon in Paris re-opens on 15 June 2020
From 15 June 2020, the Fondation Napoléon will re-open to the public. Access will be by appointment with our receptionist Gwenaelle Houée, or with Alexandra Mongin, (Delegate for General Administration) and visitor flow will be regulated. Our Martial-Lapeyre library will once again be open to readers, a maximum of three at one time, and only by prior appointment with […]
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Covid-19 > Cercle d’études: cancellation of our talk on 23 June
Gradual “deconfinement” of the “Cercle” talks series. The circumstances of the progressive “deconfinement” in France force us to cancel the talk that the excellent Adrian Almoguera was to give at the Cercle d’Etudes of Fondation Napoléon on 23 June. This young historian, currently a resident of the French School of Rome, will however come and […]
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Conference >Napoleon III and the Economy (Paris, postponed to 2022)
This 2-day conference on the theme of “Napoleon III and the economy”, jointly organised by the Banque de France, the Fondation Napoléon and the Sorbonne, in partnership with the Fontaine Haussmann bookshop, will explore Napoleon III’s economic ideas and his relations with the economic world. It will take place on dates still to be announced in […]
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Covid-19 > Message from our president Victor-André Masséna Prince d’Essling
During the lockdown, despite the fact that our offices are closed, the Fondation Napoléon team has been hard at “home”-work, if you will. The weekly newsletter has gone out as usual, and we’ve been present on Facebook and Twitter. It’s been the usual business, if not business as usual, and we are pushing on with […]
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Cancellation of the commemorative mass (5 May 2020) at Les Invalides > a message from Prince Napoléon
Dear Friends, Given the extraordinary crisis currently facing France, and in concertation with the governor of Les Invalides and the director of the Musée de l’Armée, we have decided exceptionally to cancel the mass celebrated every year on 5 May in the Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides, in memory of the Emperor Napoleon I […]
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