Events in Montereau

Commemorations in Montereau will take place in the town centre, where a parade of Napoleonic military troops will be held on the bridges of Montereau, and in the Parc des Noues.

Recreating bivouacs, events, craft market, children's workshops, exhibition, lecture, shows... A great number of events are on the agenda as part of the commemorations of the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon.

Program

10 am-7 pm | Recreation of a Napoleonic bivouac, a civil village with Napoleonic animations in the Parc des Noues:

• Horsemen training under the Empire with "course des têtes" (a type of mounted competition),
• Pistol shooting,
• Horsemen-to-horsemen and horsemen-to-infantrymen skirmishes,
• Craft market.

Children’s entertainment with various workshops:

• Recreating Napoleon's hat and sculpting workshop;
• Crafting small Napoleonic soldiers out of clay;
• Shooting stand and wooden games;
• Educational farm and pony ride;
• Initiation to drumming and juggling, along with a fire-breathing show;
• Discovering the old period market through a treasure hunt;
• Short sketches of the battle of Montereau;
• Children’s entertainment with books about Napoleon.

3 pm | Parade of troops on the bridges of Montereau around the statue of Napoleon.

7 pm to 11 pm | Catering on site with period gastronomic dishes.

9 pm | Dance show under the Empire.

11 pm | Live "sound, light & video" show retracing Napoleon’s life and the imperial epic.