On 16th to 17th October, the Château de Fontainebleau will open its doors to historical reenactment professionals who will be bringing the Napoleonic epic to life at the Château.
Address:Place du Général de Gaulle, 77300 Fontainebleau
As part of the tour of the château de Fontainebleau and its gardens, a tour is organised from May to December 2021 to discover the developments made by Napoleon I.
Address:Place du Général de Gaulle, 77300 Fontainebleau
The Château de Fontainebleau, which was restored from the First Empire onwards, was one of Napoleon I's residences and was the scene of major events in the Napoleonic saga in Seine-et-Marne.
As part of the commemorations of the bicentenary of the death of Emperor Napoleon I, the Seine-et-Marne Department Archives are making various educational tools available to secondary school pupils and teachers to complement the programmes taught in…
From 15th September 2021 to 3rd January 2022, the Château de Fontainebleau is having an exhibition focusing on the traces left by Napoleon I at the Château de Fontainebleau through furniture, architecture and fittings made during the First Empire.
Address:Place du Général de Gaulle, 77300 Fontainebleau
As part of the music festival in July and the centenary of the American Art Schools of Fontainebleau, two concerts will be especially dedicated to Napoleon I this summer.
Address:Place du Général de Gaulle, 77300 Fontainebleau
Under the Ancien Régime, urbaria were used to establish taxes and were the forerunners of the land registry. Until 1789, the property tax was a tax system by quota, i.e. it required a total sum from a territory, without taking into account how it…
At the end of 1813, the Allied coalition won several victories against France and, when Paris fell in the early spring of 1814, "it was the beginning of the end", to use Talleyrand's famous phrase.