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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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Symposium “Napoleon and the economy. Currency, crises and trade during the First Empire”
The Banque de France and the Fondation Napoléon is organizing a symposium called “Napoleon and the economy. Currency, crises and trade under the First Empire”, with the support of the Souvenir Napoléonien and in partnership with the Chaire Napoléon of the Institut Catholique d’Etudes Supérieures at La Roche-sur-Yon. It will take place on 23 and 24 March 2016, […]
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Exhibition “Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène”: a glimpse behind the scenes
On 6 April a major new exhibition opens at the Musée de l’Armée in Paris: “Napoleon at St Helena. The conquest of memory“. Two months before the opening, preparations are well underway… On Friday 8 January two works from the collection of the Fondation Napoléon, the waistcoat and breeches worn by Napoleon on St Helena were […]
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Napoleonica.La Revue : n° 23 / Religion and Beliefs
Number 23 of Napoleonica.La Revue includes the following articles : – Roland Minnerath, Le concordat de Bonaparte et son actualité; – François Bœspflug, Napoléon et Dieu. Iconographie comparée; – Vincent Petit, Saint Napoléon, un saint pour la nation. Contribution à l’imaginaire politique français; – Giulia Delogu, “Poetic Portraits”: From the Ideal Freemason to the Cult of Napoleon. Read number […]
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Partnership with the Archives Nationales
On Monday 14 December, 2015, a partnership agreement was signed at the Fondation Napoléon’s offices in Paris between the Archives Nationales (the French National Archives) and the Fondation Napoléon, represented respectively by the Director of the Archives Nationales, Françoise Banat-Berger and the President of the Fondation Napoléon, Victor-André Massena, Prince of Essling. The partnership provides the […]
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“Cercle d’études” lecture series : Winter Programme 2016
The new series of “Cercle d’études” lectures at the Fondation Napoléon, begins on 12 January 2016. You can find all the details here (in French).
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