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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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Publication of the 15th and final volume of the Correspondance of Napoleon
Entitled “The Downfalls”, this 15th and last volume of Napoleon Bonaparte’s Correspondance générale covers the darkest periods, but also in some respects the most exciting, of the epic. It leads us in the footsteps of the Emperor, from the plains of Champagne to the rock of St Helena via the island of Elba and Waterloo. […]
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Napoleon: “The highest of all virtues is devotion to one’s country”
The Fondation Napoléon stands alongside the French nation in the national tribute paid to Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame; his cowardly murder was perpetrated last week by an Islamic fundamentalist hostage-taker. Following the noble tradition of so many officers of the French army before him, he gave his life in order to defend his fellow citizens. We […]
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Spring 2018 programme of the Cercle d’études at the Fondation Napoléon
The new programme of talks proposed by the Fondation Napoléon, from 3 April to 26 June 2018 includes: “Moscow occupied! The opinion of the soldiers of the Grande Armée on the Russian Campaign”; “The ballet of the Paris Opera durign the Second Empire”; “The Consulate General of France in Jerusalem”; “The care of the wounded of the […]
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Cercle d’études talks at the Fondation Napoléon: Winter Programme 2018
New programme of talks proposed by the Napoleon Foundation from 16 January to 27 March 2018. Topics include: Abel Gance’s “Napoléon”; a meeting with Jean-Dominique Merchet, Marshal Lefebvre and his family; Marie-Louise; Marie Bonaparte; Teaching of History during the Consulate and the First Empire; The cartographique ‘arsenal’ of the State Secretariat during the Consulate and […]
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A loan agreement between the Fondation Napoléon and the Musée d’Orsay
The Fondation Napoléon is delighted to announce that it has deposited at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, one of the most imposing items from its collection, namely “Napoleon as Legislator” by the French sculptor Eugène Guillaume (1822-1905). This long-term loan represents the continuity of a partnership between these two institutions already manifested on […]
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