Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks?I did not know this. I knew about the exile but not the huge funeral. And this for a guy who lost his wars! In the 1990s I lived near Waterloo and went to the site of the battle a few times. There is a large mound with a lion on top and a small statue of Napoleon. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator YNWA > On 02 Jun 2015, at 05:43, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: > > Thanks Nathan. > Napoleon spent the last six years of his life in confinement on the remote > island of Saint Helena. His death in 1821, at the age of 51, was received > by shock and grief throughout Europe and the New World. In 1840, roughly > one million people lined the streets of Paris to witness his remains > returning to France, where they still reside at Les Invalides. > > Jay > > On 5/31/2015 9:39 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> Nice tones. I didn?t know his tomb was in Paris?I assumed he was buried >> on St. Helena where he was exiled. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >>> On 31 May 2015, at 03:47, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dome des Invalides, Tomb of Napoleon I, Paris, Ile-de-France, France >>> Leica Monochrom, Elmarit-M 1:2.8/21 mm ASPH., iso 5000 >>> >>> Napoleon I >>> https://tinyurl.com/outl9a3 >>> >>> Please click on the photo to view it in a larger size. >>> >>> Thanks for looking and all comments welcome! >>> >>> Jay > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information