Fontainebleau, the Tuileries and elsewhere. It was only in 1809, when it had become clear that Joséphine could not bear the son Napoleon needed to continue the Bonaparte dynasty, that he ...

under the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. With a peace treaty set to be ratified in the northern French town of Amiens the following March, British travelers were jamming the boats that plied the ...

On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of Fontainebleau, he was exiled to Elba, a small island in the ...

The French Emperor is famous for a lot of things, but this lasting myth about Napoleon has shaped the way we see him through ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday bestowed awards on around 100 craftspeople and officials who helped restore Notre ...

CRITIQUE - Entre héritage politique et épopée humaine, Histoire des palais de Thierry Sarmant et Les Lieux de Napoléon de Charles-Eloi Vial racontent l’histoire singulière de ces lieux. Cet ...

Used by the kings of France from the 12th century, the medieval royal hunting lodge of Fontainebleau, standing at the heart of a vast forest in the Ile-de-France, was transformed, enlarged and ...

qui rappellent la création de la Légion d'honneur en 1802 par Napoléon Bonaparte. Ce grand collier est depuis le Second Empire le signe distinctif du grand maître de l'ordre, le chef de l'État.