bastia
Le monument commémoratif de Napoléon 1er, érigé en 1853 sur la place Saint-Nicolas à Bastia, était à l'origine destinée à la ville de Livourne, en Toscane, afin de célébrer le régime impérial en 1808. Mais les événements de 1814 y mirent un terme. Around 1849, the arrival of Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte completed the revival of Bastia's interest in the statue and the city undertook to host the monument on the newly built Saint-Nicolas Square.
Bastia, today
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Napoleonic places
Like its commemorative statue, the Napoleonic history in Bastia can only be seen through the prism of the influence exerted by the Bonaparte family and their family ties. This influence also underlines the symbolic links that were woven between Napoleon, his descendants, and his native island, of whose richness and complexity
the city of Bastia can nowadays shed light on by highlighting these pivotal times in the integration of the island to the national ensemble.But Bastia also conceals many patrimonial, landscape and cultural richness: baroque oratories, majestic churches, the Old Port and the Citadel perched proudly on its rocky promontory.
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