Discover Gio Ponti’s architectural journey in Milan, from neoclassical buildings to modern masterpieces, and his legacy today ...

Napoleon created 18 'Marshals of the Empire', to serve as the senior officers of the Grande Armée. He created a further 8 before his abdication. A few were aristocrats, but others were the sons of ...

Napoleon's rivalry with Britain led to an ill-fated intervention in Portugal and Spain, that sparked a nationalist revolt against the French. At Bailén Napoleon's Empire suffered its first major ...

Prior to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the French ruler gave the saber to one of his most trusted generals, ...

Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

Napoleon ordered the sabre in 1802 and kept it throughout his reign. The Giquello auction firm said on Friday it expected the sword to reach $800,000 to $1.1 million when it goes under the hammer in ...

A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor is to be auctioned in ...

History enthusiasts are invited to attend the Napoleon Brigade Reenactment at Julian Farm and Orchard on Saturday and Sunday ...

Napoleon passed the sabre on to his close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy, whom the French emperor named his last marshal of the empire. The sword has been in Grouchy's family since 1815, the year of ...

The community is invited to take part in the reenactment dressed as military, civilian, French, allies, infantry, and cavalry from the Emperor Napoleon’s French Grande Army or the Empire’s ...

Napoleon passed the sabre on to his close ally Emmanuel de Grouchy, who the French emperor named his last marshal of the empire. The sword has been in Grouchy’s family since 1815, the year of ...