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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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International appeal for the restoration of Napoleonic monuments at the Hôtel National des Invalides
For the bicentenary of Napoleon I’s death on 5 May 2021, the Musée de l’Armée and the Fondation Napoléon are joining forces to launch an international suscription to help restore, at the Hôtel National des Invalides, the monuments associated with the Emperor and his brothers Joseph, King of Naples and later of Spain, and Jerome, […]
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Patronage grants awarded in 2018 by the Fondation Napoléon
In 2018, the Board of Trustees of the Fondation Napoléon granted financial help to the following projects. Help with the publication of Napoléon dans l’Adriatique. Dictionnaire biographique des provinces illyriennes (Éditions SPM). Participation in the event “Renovation of the Napoleon Column in Val de la Haye” organized by the Normandy delegation of the Souvenir napoléonien. […]
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New Year’s Address 2019, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon
“Dear friends, Over the past year the Fondation Napoléon has brought to completion two key projects: The publication of the fifteenth and final volume of Napoleon’s letters, the Correspondance générale de Napoléon, after seventeen years of very hard work. Whether you are a professional historian or a researcher, certainly an enthusiast, you now have access […]
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Arc de Triomphe, Paris: loan by the Fondation Napoléon of a bust of Napoleon (December 2018)
On Saturday 1 December 2018, demonstrators broke into the museum inside the Arc de Triomphe (at the Place de l’Etoile, Paris) and vandalised the interieur causing extensive damage. Among the artworks which were attacked was a bust of Napoleon I after Chaudet, a long-term loan by the Musée du Louvre. Following these events, the […]
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Napoleon, man of the pen and avid reader, an exhibition at the History Book Fair in Versailles
The Fondation Napoléon will be present on 24 and 25 November 2018 at the Hôtel du département and the Hôtel de ville (the town hall) of Versailles, which is hosting the Versailles History book fair: Histoire de Lire. On this occasion the Fondation Napoléon will be presenting at the Hôtel du département, Versailles a small exhibition “Napoléon, homme de […]
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