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Thursday, December 5, 2013

Places of Napoleonic Interest

Nelson mortally wounded
Napoleon is led away from Waterloo

http://www.napoleonguide.com/index_places.htm
If you are a Napoleonic buff then we are pleased to point you in the direction of some of the more interesting battlefields, museums and places to visit. We have included tour and sightseeing suggestions for Napoleon Bonaparte's campaigns and battlefields, together with descriptions of the battles and nearby hotels.

Northern ItalyArcola - Bassano - Castiglione - Genoa - Marengo - Rivoli - Lodi - Lonato - Mantua - Magnano - Mondovi - Montenotte - Verona - and others

Ajaccio: 
Napoleon Bonaparte's birthplace and family home.

Elba: 
The island upon which he exiled in 1814 and escaped from nine months later.


St Helena: 
The isolated island he would die on after being banished for a second time following Waterloo.


ParisLes Invalides - Arc de Triomphe - Napoleon Bonaparte's Tomb - Place de la Concorde - and others

BelgiumLigny - Quatre Bras - Waterloo - Wavre 

PortugalRolica - Vimeiro - Oporto - Torres Vedras - and others 

SpainCorunna - Talavera - Salamanca - Burgos - Saragossa - Vitoria - Fuentes de Onoro - Badajoz - Ciudad Rodrigo - San Sebastian - and others

ViennaAusterlitz - Aspern-Essling - Wagram - Schonbrunn Palace - and others

MunichUlm - Ratisbon - Eckmuhl - Abensberg - Hohenlinden - Landshut

New OrleansBattlefield - site of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase 

LeipzigLeipzig - Lutzen - Jena - Auerstadt - and others

JenaLeipzig - Lutzen - Jena - Auerstadt - and others

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