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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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Fondation Napoléon > Two distinctions for director Thierry Lentz
On Monday 6 July 2020, Thierry Lentz, who has been Director of the Fondation since 4 July 2000, was presented with the official medal in recognition of his twenty years of work, by President Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling. A modest “ceremony” brought together the entire Fondation team almost 20 years to the day after the beginning […]
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Fondation Napoléon > Éric Anceau, new member of the Prizes and Grants Jury
At the invitation of the Foundation’s board of directors, Éric Anceau, lecturer at the Sorbonne and a great specialist in the history of the 19th century in general and of the Second Empire in particular, has accepted to be part of the jury for the Fondation Napoléon’s Prizes and grants. Twenty years ago, Éric Anceau […]
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Cercle d’études at the Fondation Napoléon: Autumn 2020 programme
LATEST UPDATE (29 October 2020) > We regret to inform you that in accordance with the health and safety measures announced by the French President on Wednesday 27 October 2020, the Fondation Napoléon is no longer able to welcome visitors to its premises until further notice. As a result, the remaining talks of our Cercle d’Etudes […]
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Restoration of a dress designed for the Coronation (Sacre) of Napoleon I.
Reportage on the restoration and conservation of a piece of history of the First Empire, a dress and train very probably worn for the Coronation of Napoleon I at Notre Dame Cathedral by Madame Claudine Bérenger, (née Saussac (1773-1828), the wife of Jean Bérenger (1767-1850, Councillor of State, made Count in 1808). This exceptional ensemble, […]
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Death of former trustee, professeur Alain Erlande-Brandenburg (1937-2020)
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, a former trustee at the Fondation, passed away on 6 June. He was a major personality on the French cultural scene and was professor at the École du Louvre and the École des Chartes. He held several high-level administrative posts, indeed he was for a long time director of the French national museum of the Middle Ages, […]
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