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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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A Fondation Napoléon “Grand Prix” is published in English translation: Bonaparte by P. Gueniffey
Harvard University Press has just published an English translation of Patrice Gueniffey’s, Bonaparte, which was awarded the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon in 2013, the Grand Prix of political biography 2013, the Grand Prix Gobert from the Académie française 2014, and the Prix du Mémorial / Literary Grand Prix of Ajaccio 2014. Translation by Steven Rendall, April 2015, […]
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“Napoléon Ier ou la légende des arts” (Napoleon I or the legend of the Arts) extended until 9 August
In the service of national prestige and of the glory of the Empire, the arts of the First Empire still bear witness to the taste both of a sovereign and of his time, and a source of inspiration for the periods which would follow, until the present day, both in France and Europe. This exhibition (produced […]
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Memorial services for Napoleon Bonaparte
Organised by the Gouverneur militaire de Paris, le Gouverneur des Invalides and the Imperial Family, the annual mass in memory of the first Emperor Napoleon and of soldiers who died for France will take place on 5 May at the Cathedral Saint-Louis des Invalides in Paris at 18h30, presided by HIH the Prince Napoléon and General Jean-Louis […]
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Napoleon and Paris: dream of a capital
This exhibition at the Musée Carnavelet entitled ‘Napoleon and Paris: The Dreams of a Capital’, part of the ‘Napoleon season’, is to last five months. From his time as general, ordering the cannon fire at Saint-Roch in 1795, his coronation in Notre-Dame in 1804, and finally his abdication at the Élysée Palace in 1815, Paris […]
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Thierry Lentz, director of the Fondation Napoléon, is made Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur
On 30 March 2015, Professor Jean Tulard of the Institut presented Thierry Lentz, the Fondation Napoléon’s director, with the medal of Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur. The ceremony was held at the Museum of the Legion of Honour in the presence of numerous personalities, including General Georgelin, the Grand Chancelier de la Légion d’honneur, the […]
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