La Fédération Européenne des Cités Napoléoniennes a le plaisir de présenter son premier rapport d’activité, couvrant la période 2021-2022. En 2021, le Bicentenaire de la mort de Napoléon a été l’occasion pour la Fédération Européenne des Cités Napoléoniennes et Destination Napoleon, Itinéraire Culturel certifié par le Conseil de l’Europe, de donner de la visibilité au […]
11 November 2022. Herceg Novi, Montenegro. The French Ambassador to Montenegro, Christian Thimonier, paid an official visit to Herceg Novi on 11 November 2022 to mark Armistice Day commemorating the end of the First World War. He held talks with the Mayor, Stevan Katic, and his colleagues on the cultural ties between
The conference «Livorno: Crossroads of Cultural Routes and Maritime Pilgrimage Routes» will take place on Saturday 19 November 2022 at the Fortezza Vecchia in Livorno, Italy. Co-organised by the Associazione Costiera di Calafuria, the Confraternita di San Jacopo di Compostella and the Comunità toscana il Pellegrino, the conference «Livorno: Crossroads of Cultural Routes’
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Two cloned lime trees dating from the Napoleonic era were planted in Petrinja, Croatia, on 20 October 2022. To mark European Heritage Days, two lime trees were planted on the morning of 20 October 2022 in front of the Vrata Zrinske Gore ecological centre in Petrinja by H.E. Gael Veyssiere, French Ambassador to Croatia, and Ms Magdalena
FECN General Assembly, 23 September 2022 Vincent Chauvet, Mayor of Autun, succeeds Charles Bonaparte as President of the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities Vincent Chauvet was elected President of the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities at the General Assembly on 23 September 2022. He succeeds Charles Bonaparte, who founded the Federation in 2004 and who
On 9 September 2022, the town of Slunj in Croatia joined the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities. It was with great pleasure that, in September 2022, we welcomed the town of Slunj, Croatia, as a member of the European Federation of Napoleonic Towns. Slunj was marked at the start of the 19th century by a brief
The 6th issue of the magazine of the Torres Vedras Historical Route Association, INVADE, is out. Available in English and Portuguese, it includes information on the NAPOCTEP project, an interview with José António Faria e Silva from the Military Tourism Association and the GeoWigo digital project.
From 16 to 18 September 2022. Coudekerque-Branche, France. As part of the European Heritage Days in France, the town of Coudekerque-Branche is organising a multi-epoch camp at the Vernaelde farm from 16 to 18 September 2022. Activities on offer for the Napoleon period covering the Revolution and the 1st Empire include:
Adam D’Arcy, who is passionate about Napoleonic history and cycling, has been the Destination Napoleon ambassador in Cork, Ireland, since 2022. Originally from Limerick, Ireland, Adam D’Arcy studied architecture at Dublin Institute of Technology and worked in Berlin before settling in Cork. He works as an architect in a small practice and is
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