Issue 224 of the Revue de l’Institut Napoléon has been published. Jacques-Olivier Boudon, President of the Institut Napoléon and of the FECN’s Scientific Committee, presents the latest news from the Napoleonic world in his editorial. « Following a year in 2021 marked by the commemoration of Napoleon’s death, 2022 may have seemed somewhat lacklustre. And yet it […]
The conference «La sostenibilidad en los paisajes culturales» (Sustainability in Cultural Landscapes) will take place on 15 and 16 December 2022 in the Farinelli Hall at the Teatro Real Carlos III in Aranjuez, Spain. Organised by the «Alianza de paisajes culturales» (Alliance of Cultural Landscapes), the conference will explore the theme of sustainability in landscapes
The European Federation of Napoleonic Cities is pleased to present its first activity report, covering the period 2021–2022. In 2021, the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death provided an opportunity for the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities and Destination Napoleon – a Cultural Route certified by the Council of Europe – to raise the profile of the
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.