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Napoleon: Paris, Ajaccio, Fontainebleau, Waterloo ... exhibitions in order of battle

2021-02-09T19:28:36.806Z


The bicentenary of the death of the emperor celebrated this year is widely relayed by institutions. Overview.


• Grande Halle de la Villette

Prepared in barely a year, it is an exhibition with a big spectacle and a big budget (not far from 5 million euros it is said!) On 1,800 m2, with 3D animations entrusted to the company Scenografia, which will put on stage the incredible destiny of Napoleon in all its facets, in a very contemporary version.

With often unprecedented loans, coming only from the public to avoid any conflicts with the egos of collectors, this one expects, from April 14 to September 19, probably fewer visitors than for Tutankhamun (1.3 million, a record! ),

"So much was the complex character so admired and controversial, victorious and defeated, heroic and tragic"

, warns the scientific committee.

In each section punctuated by "period rooms" (including the famous bivouac tent), an explanatory screen with short films to recontextualize the facts.

The highlight will be the throne room in the middle of the course and visible from all sides.

Like the too big, too fragile picture of the coronation, painted by

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Source: lefigaro

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