On 13 December, our Director Eleonora Berti and Alfredas Jomantas, Head of the Department of Cultural Heritage-Ministry of Culture of Lithuania, organised a webinar dedicated to Destination Napoleon and Lithuania. The online meeting was attended by 100 participants! Speakers included our president Charles Bonaparte, Bruno Favel [...]
On 9 December, the Federation team organised an online meeting dedicated to activities and projects to promote Napoleonic heritage in Spain and Portugal. All the participants shared their initiatives and activities, such as Napoctep, in order to create new synergies and build other future projects.
On 9 December, Jacques-Olivier Boudon's Napoléon en cartes was published by Éditions de La Martinière. Packed with 70 detailed maps and numerous computer graphics, this book offers an original approach to Napoleon's life. From his childhood in Corsica to his exile in St Helena, this book retraces his decisive military campaigns, the administrative transformations, the changes in the political system and the changes in the political system.
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On 20 November 2021, in the presence of President Luca Menesini and numerous officials and administrators, the Province of Lucca inaugurated the new ground-floor premises, which had undergone functional refurbishment and major adaptation works to create a reception area and an educational information point for the Grande Route project
As part of his visit to Liège, Charles Bonaparte, president of FECN-Destination Napoleon, visited the exhibition «Napoleon: Beyond the Myth». Covering nearly 3,000 m², it is the largest exhibition in Belgium marking the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death. Charles Bonaparte was able to discover
On 18 November 2021, Liège City Council, represented by Christine Defraigne, First Deputy Mayor, and Jean Pierre Hupkens, Deputy Mayor for Culture, welcomed Charles Bonaparte, President of the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities. During the meeting, the town's membership of the Federation was discussed, with a view to promoting its Napoleonic heritage.
On 17 November 2021, Charles Bonaparte, President of the European Federation of Napoleonic Cities, visited the Syndicat d'Initiative in Ligny-Sombreffe for a meeting of the Federation's Walloon member towns and partners. At the meeting, participants discussed the importance of bringing together all the towns and museums involved in the region.
On 20 October, the Royal Palace of Mafra (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) hosted the commemoration of the National Day of the Lines of Torres Vedras. The commemoration began with a welcome address by the mayor of Mafra, Hélder Sousa Silva, followed by the Wellington Honour awards ceremony, introduced by José
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The town of La Roche-sur-Yon is commemorating Napoleon as part of the bicentenary of his death. Here are the details of the programme: - 30 October, 11.15am to 8.30pm (Cyel (auditorium and atrium)) : Napoleon Chess Trophy (broadcast live on the town's Youtube channel) - 31 October, 5pm (Maison de