Re: Burglary at Empress Eugénie's Chinese Museum in Fontainebleau Archived Message
Posted by joye  on March 3, 2015, 3:18 am, in reply to "Re: Burglary at Empress Eugénie's Chinese Museum in Fontainebleau"
There was a lake where we were told Napoleon went alone to plan his campaigns etc
Nice pics thanks
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: Yes, Joye, this is this Castle.
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: The Grand Staircase in the shape of a
: horseshoe dates back to the Renaissance and
: has given its name (or rather one of its
: names) to the large rectangular courtyard in
: which it is located ('Cour du Fer-à-cheval',
: i.e. Horseshoe Courtyard). This courtyard is
: also named 'Cour du Cheval Blanc' (Courtyard
: of the White Horse), from a statue of a
: horse once standing in the middle of the
: courtyard.
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: This Horseshoe Staircase was the direct
: source of inspiration for the Horseshoe
: Staircase of Monaco's Princely Palace:
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: In 1814, Napoleon I signed his (first)
: abdication in the Castle, then paid a moving
: farewell to his troops assembled in the
: Horseshoe Courtyard, before leaving France
: for exile on the island of Elba, off the
: Toscan shores. Therefore, the Horseshoe
: Courtyard (aka the Courtyard of the White
: Horse) was also romantically named 'Cour des
: Adieux' (the Farewell Courtyard) or 'Cour
: des Larmes' (Tear Courtyard)!
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: Antoine Alphone Montfort (1802-1884),
: Napoleon's farewell to the Imperial Guard in
: the Cheval-Blanc (White Horse) courtyard of
: the Palace of Fontainebleau
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: The Chinese Museum is located on the
: groundfloor of the so-called 'Gros Pavillon'
: (Big Pavillion, on the left of the following
: picture):
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: The embassy sent to Napoleon III in 1861 by
: the King of Siam was a marking event of the
: reign of the Emperor. The Siamese
: ambassadors were received in the large
: Renaissance Ballroom of the Castle of
: Fontainebleau. The crown which was stolen on
: Sunday can be seen on this painting at the
: bottom right:
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: Jean-Léon Gérôme, Reception of the Siamese
: ambassadors by Napoleon III and Empress
: Eugenie in Henri II's Ballroom in
: Fontainebleau on 27th June, 1861 . Painted
: in 1864, displayed at the Museum of the
: Château de Versailles.
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: And, to drive the discussion back to
: "classic" jewellery, Empress
: Eugénie wore for this reception of the
: Siamese ambassadors her Greek-meander Tiara,
: topped with the splendid 140-carat 'Régent'
: Diamond:
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: (Credit: all pictures, except the last one,
: from Wikipedia Commons)
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