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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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Cercle d’études at the Fondation Napoléon: Autumn 2020 programme
The Cercle d’études Autumn 2020 programme will begin on Tuesday 15 September 2020, at 18:00, with a talk on “Lucien Bonaparte, un prince républicain,” [Lucien Bonaparte, a republican prince] by Cédric Lewandowski. This will be followed by seven further talks: Tuesday 22 September 2020, at 6pm, Napoléon à l’école de l’Action française dans Jacques Bainville [Jacques Bainville’s Napoleon (1931) and the […]
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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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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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