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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events 2021
Exhibition: "A Napoleonic Panorama: The French Campaigns in Italy
L’exposition « Un Panoramique napoleonien: Les Campagnes des Français en Italie» aura lieu du 22 novembre 2023 au 26 février […]
Rueil-Malmaison: Concerts on period instruments
Les 10 septembre, 15 octobre, 19 novembre et 17 décembre 2023 aux châteaux de Malmaison et Bois-Préau, Rueil-Malmaison (FR). Le […]
Exhibition "Light on the works of Oscar Rex" - Château de Malmaison, France
Du 27 octobre 2021 au 3 janvier 2022 – Château de Malmaison, France. Le peintre austro-hongrois Oscar Rex (1857-1929) conçut […]
Exhibition: "Creations around a dress of Josephine" - Château de Malmaison, France
Du 17 septembre au 18 octobre 2021 – Château de Malmaison, France. A l’occasion de la copie d’une robe de […]
Exhibition "Napoleon with 1001 faces" - Château de Malmaison, France
Du 5 mai au 6 septembre 2021 – Château de Malmaison, France. A travers les multiples représentations de napoléon, quels […]
Opening of the exhibition "Napoleon with 1001 faces" - Château de Malmaison, France
Du 5 au 9 mai 2021 – Château de Malmaison, France. A travers les multiples représentations de Napoléon, quels étaient […]
"Around Josephine's porcelain collections, Setsuko's views" - Château de Malmaison, France
Du 17 mars au 3 mai 2021 – Château de Malmaison, France. Ouverture prévue le 17 mars 2021. Reportée jusqu’à […]
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