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Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France and his family

Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France (1769-1821), pictured with his two wives, Empress Josephine (de Beauharnais) (1763-1814) and Empress Marie-Louise (of Austria) (1791-1847) and his son Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph Bonaparte (18111832), Prince Imperial, King of Rome, Prince of Parma, of Placentia, and of Guastalla and known as Franz, Duke of Reichstadt (from 1818 onward). Date: circa 1910s

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San Michele in Foro, Lucca, Tuscany, Central Italy

San Michele in Foro is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy, built over the ancient Roman forum. Until 1370 it was the seat of the Consiglio Maggiore (Major Council), the commune's most important assembly. It is dedicated to Archangel Michael

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Retablissement du culte catholique, 1802, (1921). Creator: Thomas-Charles Naudet

Retablissement du culte catholique, 1802, (1921). The restoration of Catholic worship - First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) presides as bishops haul upright the cross with Christ crucified surrounded by angels. The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France. Engraving by Thomas-Charles Naudet. From "Napoleon", by Raymond Guyot, [H. Floury, Paris, 1921]

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