Fontainebleau chateau histoireh15

XIX° Siècle

Bonaparte, ignorant Versailles alors en ruines, fait de Fontainebleau la résidence consulaire. il affecte dès 1803 l'aile Louis XV en école militaire et transforme le jardin des Pins en champ de manoeuvres.

Après le sacre, Napoléon veut faire du château son palais impérial, le remeuble, les murs délabrés sont tendus de soieries, le mobilier recouvert de tapisseries des Gobelins et de Beauvais.

Jacob s'occupe des bois et Thomire des bronzes. La chapelle haute de St Saturnin est sa bibliothèque. Hurtault fait du champ de manoeuvre un jardin anglais. Au total il dépense plus de douze millions pour la restauration du domaine.

XIXth Century

Bonaparte ignored Versailles which was then in ruins. He made the palace of Fontainebleau his consular residence. Moreover, in 1803 he turned the Pine Garden into a military parade ground.

After his coronation as Emperor, Napoleon wanted to make Fontainebleau his imperial palace. He refurnished it, renovated dilapidated walls with silk wall hangings, had furniture recovered with tapestries from Beauvais and the Gobelins in Paris.

Jacob took on the woodwork and Thomire the bronze. The high chapel of St Saturnin became his library. The parade ground metamorphosed into an English Garden, thanks to Hurtault’s conversion work. Bonaparte eventually spent a total of 12 million livres on restoration of the estate.

Born in Ajaccio in 1769, the revolutionary general became First Consul, then Consul for Life, after his military campaigns in Italy and Egypt. He instigated some despotic measures such as the reintroduction of slavery and mass deportations. However, he did implement more laudable ones elaborated by the Revolution, like the Civil Code and the reorganisation of the territory of France. He became Napoleon I thanks to his victories. However, he could not bring peace for France. He held on to power by means of further victories, which led him to wage campaign as far as Moscow, and a regime that became increasingly dictatorial. In the end, the coalitions of other European powers brought him to their mercy. France came out of this period weakened and drained.
Né en 1769 à Ajaccio, le général révolutionnaire devint 1er consul, puis consul à vie, aprés ses campagnes d'Italie et d'Egypte. Il prend des mesures despotiques telles que le rétablissement l'esclavage et les déportations en masse, en fait appliquer de louables préparées par la révolution comme le Code Civil et la réorganisation du territoire. Bonaparte, devenu Napoléon 1er par ses victoires ne pouvait donner la paix à la France. Il se maintint au pouvoir par de nouvelles victoires le menant jusqu'à Moscou et un régime toujours plus despotique, jusqu'à ce que les coalitions européennes le mettent à merci. La France en sort exsangue.