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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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France, an indivisible, secular, and democratic Republic
On Friday 13 October 2023, three days before the anniversary of the tragic death of history and geography teacher Samuel Paty, who was beheaded on 16 October 2020 by an Islamic terrorist, a a French teacher, Dominique Bernard, was stabbed to death and three other people were injured, two of them seriously, by an Islamic […]
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“Napoléon2026” Appeal: making the Napoleonic period better known to young audiences, first projects
The appeal that the Fondation Napoléon launched in November 2022 (link in French) generated great interest. As of 29 February 2023, 512 donations were registered for a total of 166 250 €. These funds have already provided tangible support for young people learning about the Napoleonic period. First projects supported in 2023 : In accordance with our commitments […]
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Correspondance générale de Napoléon Bonaparte : volumes 5 to 10 now available online at Napoleonica les archives
26 920. This is the number of letters from Napoleon that the Fondation Napoléon’s archive website, Napoleonica les archives, now hosts as of 28 June 2023. The most recently-uploaded items, covering the period from 1805 to March 1811, are taken from volumes 5 to 10 of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon Bonaparte, [General Correspondence of Napoleon […]
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Signing of a partnership between the Museo Glauco Lombardi and the Fondation Napoléon
In mid-June 2023, a partnership agreement was signed between the Museo Glauco Lombardi and the Fondation Napoléon for the online publication of the correspondence of Marie-Louise, second wife of Napoleon I who became Duchess of Parma after the fall of the Empire. These letters will become part of the Fondation Napoléon’s digital archive site: Napoleonica® […]
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Conference on the 200th anniversary of the publication of the Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène (Memorial of St Helena)
Our next conference (held in memory of historian and writer Jacques Jourquin) will be about the Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène [Memorial of St Helena] by Emmanuel de Las Cases. It will take place on 15 and 16 November 2023 at the Auditorium André et Liliane Bettencourt, at the Institut de France. This conference is organised in partnership with […]
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