rueil-malmaison
As a skilled botanist, Empress Josephine imported two hundred plants that she loved in Martinique, her native land. Magnolias, peonies, mimosas, camellias and jasmines made their appearance in the metropolis. Her rose garden, composed of more than two hundred and fifty species, and her greenhouse were her pride and joy. Napoleon came himself one year after her death in 1814 in this place to meditate on so many memories, before leaving for exile, in Sainte Hélène.
Rueil-Malmaison, today
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Napoleonic places
Rueil-Malmaison, strong of its natural heritage and its rich hours, is not only a city of the past, that of Richelieu, Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais or the cradle of the impressionist painters. Henri IV spent time there, just like Louis XIII and his minister Richelieu, who had his castle there.
Louis XIV, as a child, came here to flee the Parisian sling. Bonaparte and Josephine sheltered their love affairs there. Napoleon III gave the church the most beautiful Cavaillé-Coll organ, in memory of his mother who was buried in the city. Thanks to the Napoleonic Era, the site has gained international prestige.
Rueil-Malmaison city website : www.villederueil.fr
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Exhibition: "A Napoleonic Panorama: The French Campaigns in Italy
The exhibition "Un Panoramique napoleonien: Les Campagnes des Français en Italie" will be held from 22 November 2023 to 26 February 2024 at the Château de Bois-Préau in Rueil-Malmaison, France. From 22 November 2023 to 26 February 2024, the Musée National des Châteaux de Malmaison & Bois-Préau will be presenting an exhibition entitled Un Panoramique Napoleonien: Les Campagnes des [...]
Rueil-Malmaison: Concerts on period instruments
10 September, 15 October, 19 November and 17 December 2023 at the Châteaux of Malmaison and Bois-Préau, Rueil-Malmaison (FR). The Musée national des Châteaux de Malmaison et de Bois-Préau, in partnership with La Nouvelle Athènes, has organised a series of concerts on period instruments to highlight the importance of music-making in the [...].
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