Fondation Napoléon in English

31/05/2021

Ambulances At The Battle Of Waterloo?🤔

🩹 On the battlefield | Treating injuries at Waterloo... (feat Sean Bean!)
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=333316431527887

30/05/2021

🇫🇷 Exhibition | About a love story...

https://www.facebook.com/Chaumet/posts/10158384888107947

29/05/2021

Simon Schama on Napoleon, the horticultural strategist

📰 Article | Conquering Europe does not prevent you from loving flowers...

Ruth Scurr’s glorious biography gives the French emperor an unusually fresh look — revealing the conquest-junkie to be a keen botanist 

28/05/2021

📖 This month's book | In A life in gardens and shadows, Ruth Scurr invites the reader to look at the trajectory of Napoleon’s extraordinary life from unfamiliar perspectives. By narrowing her focus to the many gardens that she argues were more than just a decorative backdrop for key moments of Napoleon’s life – his garden at Brienne, the Jardin des Plantes, the Tuileries, Malmaison, Hougoumont, the garden at Longwood… - she finds space for the small details that have been overlooked in the more conventional narratives of Napoleon’s epic life. Learn more about this "Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows
by Ruth Scurr": https://www.napoleon.org/en/magazine/publications/napoleon-a-life-in-gardens-and-shadows/

📖 This month's book | In A life in gardens and shadows, Ruth Scurr invites the reader to look at the trajectory of Napoleon’s extraordinary life from unfamiliar perspectives. By narrowing her focus to the many gardens that she argues were more than just a decorative backdrop for key moments of Napoleon’s life – his garden at Brienne, the Jardin des Plantes, the Tuileries, Malmaison, Hougoumont, the garden at Longwood… - she finds space for the small details that have been overlooked in the more conventional narratives of Napoleon’s epic life. Learn more about this "Napoleon: A Life in Gardens and Shadows
by Ruth Scurr": https://www.napoleon.org/en/magazine/publications/napoleon-a-life-in-gardens-and-shadows/

27/05/2021

Exhibition (Paris, France) | Learn more about the history of the Fine Jeweller Chaumet...
https://www.facebook.com/Chaumet/posts/10158380488177947

26/05/2021

Bon appétit Napoléon Bonaparte St Helena Island Bicentenary

📱 Seen on the web | "Bon appétit Napoléon Bonaparte".... 2 St Helenians passionate about St Helena cuisine add thieir contribution to the bicentenary with an article about what Napoleon liked (and didn’t like) to eat when he was on St Helena and an account of an impromptu "picnic" a few months before he died: https://www.saintcooks.com/bon-appetit-napoleon-bonaparte/

Commemorating the 200th anniversary and bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death on 5th May 1821. By celebrating the food he loved.

25/05/2021

🔎 Close-up on an object | Learn more about the camp-bed in which Napoleon died: https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/objects/the-camp-bed-in-which-napoleon-died/

📷 Installation of Napoleon's campbed at the exhibition "Napoléon n'est plus",
with his Chasseur Colonel Uniform and bicorne hat - Coll. Musée de l'Armée, 2021, photo: Fondation Napoléon / Rebecca Young

🔎 Close-up on an object | Learn more about the camp-bed in which Napoleon died: https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/objects/the-camp-bed-in-which-napoleon-died/

📷 Installation of Napoleon's campbed at the exhibition "Napoléon n'est plus",
with his Chasseur Colonel Uniform and bicorne hat - Coll. Musée de l'Armée, 2021, photo: Fondation Napoléon / Rebecca Young

24/05/2021

😄 Monday funday | When the boss dictates his memoirs... 🤓

😄 Monday funday | When the boss dictates his memoirs... 🤓

23/05/2021

👑 This month's object | This tiara is one of the most exceptional pieces of jewellery to be presented in the exhibition "Josephine and Napoleon, an (extra)ordinary story" (19 May to 18 July 2021 in the historic salons of the Chaumet Jewellery House). It was made in around 1811 by the son of the House's founder. Its virtuosity and symbolic dimension set it in a class of its own... https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/objects/wheat-ear-tiara/

👑 This month's object | This tiara is one of the most exceptional pieces of jewellery to be presented in the exhibition "Josephine and Napoleon, an (extra)ordinary story" (19 May to 18 July 2021 in the historic salons of the Chaumet Jewellery House). It was made in around 1811 by the son of the House's founder. Its virtuosity and symbolic dimension set it in a class of its own... https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/objects/wheat-ear-tiara/

18/05/2021

Napoleon's bicentenary: How much of Paris was built under Bonaparte's reign? - France 24

▶️ Video | How much of Paris was built during Napoleon’s reign?
Chantal Prevot, librarian at the Fondation Napoléon and co-author of "Atlas de Paris au temps de Napoléon", took part in this short report (in English) on the traces of Napoleonic Paris. (2min30)

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17/05/2021

NapoléON, NapoléonOFF. Napoleonic legend in European culture of the XIX-XX centuries - napoleon.org

🖼 Exhibition | From 1 May to 22 August 2021, the Panorama Museum "Battle of Borodino" in Moscow will host an exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's death on the island of St Helena, featuring pieces from the Panorama Museum's collection and from that of Alexander Vikhrov on the theme of Napoleon's image, from Romanticism to politics, over the last two centuries.

On May 5, 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the island of St Helena. By sending the former Emperor of France into exile, the European monarchs had every reason to hope that this adventurer and upstart would soon be forgotten. But he managed to remind himself. Over the last five and a half ye...

16/05/2021

Napoleon's Death - napoleon.org

🔎 CLOSE-UP ON... | The death of Napoleon: Bibliography
This week we have added a number of new entries to our bibliography section of the close-up on Napoleon's death, including some rare books that are digitised and available online including the memoirs of Antommarchi (translated into English), an account of the illness and death of Napoleon by Doctor Arnott, some important historic works in English of Napoleon in exile (Kemble, Norwood, Forsyth), to mention but a few: https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/close-up/a-close-up-on-napoleons-death/

Napoleon Bonaparte died at 5.49pm on 5 May 1821 at Longwood on the island of St Helena. An autopsy was carried out on 6 May; a preliminary cast for a death mask was taken on 7 May; and on 9 May, the Emperor was buried, in the presence of French and English witnesses. Yet since the nineteenth century...

15/05/2021

👑 #2021AnnéeNapoléon - Exhibition | "Joséphine and Napoleon, an (extra)ordinary story", co-produced by the Fondation Napoléon and curated by Pierre Branda (historian and Head of Heritage at the the Fondation Napoléon, and author of the book Joséphine. Le Paradoxe du cygne), presents the famed love story of Napoleon and Josephine through a presentation of more than 150 artworks, more than half of which have never been shown to the public before, in the sumptuous historic salons of the Maison Chaumet at 12 Place Vendôme, recently restored. Visits are free but by appointment only with a guide - online reservations are already open: https://fondationnapoleon.org/en/activities-and-services/telling-history/napoleon-year-2021/2021-annee-napoleon-chaumet/

👑 #2021AnnéeNapoléon - Exhibition | "Joséphine and Napoleon, an (extra)ordinary story", co-produced by the Fondation Napoléon and curated by Pierre Branda (historian and Head of Heritage at the the Fondation Napoléon, and author of the book Joséphine. Le Paradoxe du cygne), presents the famed love story of Napoleon and Josephine through a presentation of more than 150 artworks, more than half of which have never been shown to the public before, in the sumptuous historic salons of the Maison Chaumet at 12 Place Vendôme, recently restored. Visits are free but by appointment only with a guide - online reservations are already open: https://fondationnapoleon.org/en/activities-and-services/telling-history/napoleon-year-2021/2021-annee-napoleon-chaumet/

14/05/2021

🔘 Talking Point with Thierry Lentz | "And so it was, on 5 May 2021, that the head of the French State in person paid a double tribute to Napoleon I: firstly, in his speech at the Institut de France, and secondly, in his presence at the Invalides.

That being said, it would indeed have been frustrating and inexplicable for it to have been otherwise." 👉 Read more of "A national tribute? Check!
Now the "Année Napoléon" can really take off": https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/talking-point-with-thierry-lentz-a-national-tribute-check-now-the-annee-napoleon-can-really-take-off/ #2021AnnéeNapoléon

🔘 Talking Point with Thierry Lentz | "And so it was, on 5 May 2021, that the head of the French State in person paid a double tribute to Napoleon I: firstly, in his speech at the Institut de France, and secondly, in his presence at the Invalides.

That being said, it would indeed have been frustrating and inexplicable for it to have been otherwise." 👉 Read more of "A national tribute? Check!
Now the "Année Napoléon" can really take off": https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/talking-point-with-thierry-lentz-a-national-tribute-check-now-the-annee-napoleon-can-really-take-off/ #2021AnnéeNapoléon

13/05/2021

Cérémonie du 5 Mai 2021 en présence du Prince Napoléon - Dôme des Invalides (nouvelle version)

⏮ #2021AnnéeNapoléon | It was last week! Watch the ceremony for the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon I, on 5 May 2021, at the Dôme des Invalides. In the presence of Prince Napoleon, Victor-André Masséna, Prince d'Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon, the Governor of Les Invalides, General de Corps d'Armée de Saint-Chamas.

ℹ️ Laying of wreaths at the Tomb of the Emperor Napoleon I by the Prince d'Essling on behalf of the Fondation Napoléon, and by HIH the Prince Napoléon, followed by the "Last Post", followed by a moment of meditation on the tomb of Napoleon II, King of Rome (1811-1832), on the site of the "Cella" (formerly the "chambre de l'Épée", the Sword Room).

[English below]Cérémonie pour le bicentenaire de la mort de Napoléon Ier, le 5 mai 2021, au Dôme des Invalides. En présence du Prince Napoléon, de M. Victor-...

12/05/2021

🟡 #2021AnnéeNapoléon : A Collection of commemorative coins for the Bicentenary | The Monnaie de Paris [the Paris Mint], a partner of the "2021 Année Napoléon" label, has launched an exceptional collection of commemorative coins to mark the bicentenary of Napoleon's death. The minting of one of the principal coins in the collection, a coin in the shape of a bicorn, decorated on both sides with Napoleonic symbols, took place on 27 April 2021.
👉 https://fondationnapoleon.org/en/2021/04/28/the-monnaie-de-paris-the-paris-mint-launches-a-collection-of-commemorative-coins-to-celebrate-the-bicentenary-of-napoleons-death/

11/05/2021

✏️ Archive | Can you tell what does this drawing show? It was made on 9 May 1821, by one of Napoleon's companions. 👉 Find out and learn more: https://tinyurl.com/9May1821dr

✏️ Archive | Can you tell what does this drawing show? It was made on 9 May 1821, by one of Napoleon's companions. 👉 Find out and learn more: https://tinyurl.com/9May1821dr

09/05/2021

Anniversary of the burial of Napoleon

🔴 LIVE FROM St Helena - 9 May 2021: Bicentenary of the burial of the Emperor Napoleon I

2:50pm—Gathering around the Tomb
At the Tomb, at 3pm

https://www.facebook.com/107836278125688/videos/311243090545182/

07/05/2021

Press communiqué | The Fondation Napoléon regrets the refusal of the Paris Musée de l'Armée to move elsewhere the planned artistic installation of a reproduction of the skeleton of the horse, “Marengo”, above the Emperor's Tomb.

As part of its contemporary art exhibition "Napoleon? Encore!", which opens on 7 May 2021, the Musée de l'Armée has commissioned several works from renowned artists. One of them is an installation above the Emperor's Tomb of a reproduction in composite material of the skeleton of the horse called “Marengo”, the original of which is kept in the National Army Museum in London.
Whilst it is normal for the Museum to be open to contemporary art, the choice of location for this installation, in the heart of the necropolis of France's military glories, and moreover at a time when the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon I is being commemorated, does not seem appropriate. The Fondation Napoléon asked the director of the Musée de l'Armée to move the work to another location.
This request was not taken into consideration, and the Fondation can only regret this refusal.

7 May 2021

Press communiqué | The Fondation Napoléon regrets the refusal of the Paris Musée de l'Armée to move elsewhere the planned artistic installation of a reproduction of the skeleton of the horse, “Marengo”, above the Emperor's Tomb.

As part of its contemporary art exhibition "Napoleon? Encore!", which opens on 7 May 2021, the Musée de l'Armée has commissioned several works from renowned artists. One of them is an installation above the Emperor's Tomb of a reproduction in composite material of the skeleton of the horse called “Marengo”, the original of which is kept in the National Army Museum in London.
Whilst it is normal for the Museum to be open to contemporary art, the choice of location for this installation, in the heart of the necropolis of France's military glories, and moreover at a time when the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon I is being commemorated, does not seem appropriate. The Fondation Napoléon asked the director of the Musée de l'Armée to move the work to another location.
This request was not taken into consideration, and the Fondation can only regret this refusal.

7 May 2021

06/05/2021

⌛ 200 years ago | #OTD On Sunday 6 May 1821, after the autopsy which was conducted in the afternoon by the anatomist Dr Antommarchi, Napoleon’s body was dressed in his favourite chasseur colonel uniform and hat and displayed to the public in a make-shift "Chapel of rest" on one of his campbeds in his study at Longwood.
There, John Ward, a young ensign of the 66th Regiment made a detailed drawing of this unusual "lying-in-state". This copy made and signed by the artist has since been donated to the Longwood Museum on St Helena by Jean-Paul Mayeux.
👉 click here to find out more about the artist and to read the young soldier's moving description of Napoleon's face which his wrote on the back: https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/images/napoleon-on-his-death-bed-st-helena-6-may-1821-from-an-original-sketch-taken-on-the-spot-by-lt-colonel-ward/

📷 "Napoleon on his death bed St Helena 6th May 1821/ From an original sketch taken on the spot by Lt Colonel Ward"
Photo credit: French Domains on St Helena / Eric Barthes

⌛ 200 years ago | #OTD On Sunday 6 May 1821, after the autopsy which was conducted in the afternoon by the anatomist Dr Antommarchi, Napoleon’s body was dressed in his favourite chasseur colonel uniform and hat and displayed to the public in a make-shift "Chapel of rest" on one of his campbeds in his study at Longwood.
There, John Ward, a young ensign of the 66th Regiment made a detailed drawing of this unusual "lying-in-state". This copy made and signed by the artist has since been donated to the Longwood Museum on St Helena by Jean-Paul Mayeux.
👉 click here to find out more about the artist and to read the young soldier's moving description of Napoleon's face which his wrote on the back: https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/images/napoleon-on-his-death-bed-st-helena-6-may-1821-from-an-original-sketch-taken-on-the-spot-by-lt-colonel-ward/

📷 "Napoleon on his death bed St Helena 6th May 1821/ From an original sketch taken on the spot by Lt Colonel Ward"
Photo credit: French Domains on St Helena / Eric Barthes

06/05/2021

Napoleon Messe de Commeroration

🔴 Watch the Mass of Remembrance live from Longwood House, where Napoleon died on 5 May 1821 in St Helena.
The Order of Mass:
The Introductory
Rites The Liturgy of the Word
The Liturgy of the Eucharist Eucharis-tic Prayer II
The Communion Rite
The Concluding Rites

ℹ️ More:http://napoleon200.sh/FRENCH%20LATIN%20MASS.pdf
Merci à St Helena Napoleonic Heritage & Domaines nationaux français à l'île de Sainte Hélène, Atlantique Sud
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