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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 library closed to the public (15 March 2020)
From today, 15 March 2020, the Martial Lapeyre Library (7 rue Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Paris, 5th Arrondissment) is closed to the public. You can use our online services to continue your research > Napoleonica Research on napoleon.org The date of the reopening and other measures relating to the reception of the public at the premises of […]
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Musée National de la Marine > The “Canot de l’Empereur” at the Ateliers des Capucins (Brest, France)
Seventy-five years after the Emperor’s barge was first transfered from Brest to Paris, the 210-year-old vessel was returned to its port of origin in October 2018, coïnciding with the complete renovation of the Paris site of the French National Maritime Museum [Musée de la Marine-Paris ] (whose re-opening is planned for 2022). After almost a […]
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Obituary: Bernard Quintin (1931-2019)
It was with great sadness that the Fondation Napoléon learned of the death of historian Bernard Quintin. He and his wife Danielle co-wrote a number of invaluable works on Napoleon’s military, most notably the Dictionnaire des capitaines de vaisseau de Napoléon (2003) [Dictionary of Napoleon’s Naval Captains (2003)], the Dictionnaire des chefs de brigade, colonels […]
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Change in the rules for the Fondation Napoléon prizes and research grants
The bord of trustees of the Fondation Napoléon, meeting on 11 December 2019, has updated the rules for the prizes and research grants. From 2020 on, two prizes will be awarded (a Grand Prix and a Jury Prize) and up to eight research grants (instead of seven). A further amendment has been unanimously passed to […]
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Fondation Napoléon Prizes and Research Grants Ceremony 2019
This year the presentation ceremony for the Fondation Napoléon prizes and study grants took place in the prestigious salle de l’Assemblée générale at the Conseil d’État (Council of State) on Wednesday 11 December 2019, with Monsieur Bruno Lasserre, the vice-president of the institution, presiding. Click here to see photos of the event Winners of the Fondation Napoléon […]
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