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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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Prix Spécial 2021 awarded by the Académie Nationale de Bordeaux for the catalogue Dessiner pour Napoléon
The Fondation Napoléon and the Archives Nationales have received one of the two “Prix Spécial 2021” from the Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Bordeaux, for the collective work catalogue of the exhibition “Dessiner pour Napoléon“, published by Michel Lafon (2021). This prize was presented on 3 March 2022 to Irène Delage, […]
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New organisation of the Fondation Napoléon team
Since 1 January 2022, a new organisation of the Fondation Napoléon team has been put in place. By decision of the President Victor-André Masséna Prince d’Essling, Thierry Lentz has taken on the title of Director General of the Fondation Napoléon. Alongside Pierre Branda (appointed Academic Director in charge of Heritage and International Affairs), Irène Delage […]
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Obituary > Flavien Bertran de Balanda (1979-2022)
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the sudden death of the historian Flavien Bertran de Balanda. A researcher at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and the Centre d’Histoire du XIXe Siècle (“Centre for Nineteenth-Century History”) at the Sorbonne, he was involved in the research project “Violence(s) et légitimité(s). Redéfinitions conceptuelles […]
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Jacques Macé awarded the medal of Honorary Administrator of the Fondation Napoléon
On Wednesday, January 12, 2022, Victor-Andre Masséna, Prince d’Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon, presented the medal of Honorary Administrator of the Fondation Napoléon to Jacques Macé. This title was awarded to him by decision of the Board of Directors of the Fondation Napoléon at its meeting of 16 March 2021. He joined the Board […]
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The Fondation Napoléon will be closed exceptionally on Friday 18 February 2022
Due to the transport strike, the Fondation Napoléon and the Martial-Lapeyre Library will be closed to the public on Friday 18 February 2022.
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