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Napoleon 1st Museum and the Church Treasure

In the precincts of the old Brienne-le-Château Military School, the Napoleon Museum accurately retraces Bonaparte’s youth and the French Campaign of 1814. The former school chapel in its turn, houses a collection of sacred art and articles used in worship from the surrounding churches.

Napoleon in Brienne-le-Château
The old history books illustrated Bonaparte as a young soldier with a picture not of Epinal, but of Brienne-le-Château. It depicts the famous snowball fight in which the future Emperor took part in the Brienne school courtyard, proving he was already a famous strategist at the age of 10.

In fact, Napoleon was more of a timid and lost youth when in 1779 he arrived from his native Corsica to enrol in the Brienne minor's school.

The five years of his life spent studying in Brienne, with his teachers and a few friends, are retraced in a museum which is well worth a visit: the Napoleon museum.The multimedia projection room, battlefield maps, documents and weapons from the period retrace Napoleon's childhood and education in Brienne.

Church Treasure

The former Carmelite chapel houses a collection of sacred art, objects used in worship, items of gold and silver, and paintings and sculptures from churches in the Orient Forest Natural Regional Park and the surrounding area.

Free for groups.

Closing : Closing on May 1st and of the 20 to the 31/12.

Opening : From April 1st to October 31st every day 10 to 12h30 AM and 02 to 06 PM. From November 1st to March 31st, Tuesday to Friday 10 to 12h30 AM and 02 to 06 PM, Saturday and Sunday the 02 to 06 PM.

Price : 4,5 euros

Napoleon 1st Museum and the Church Treasure

34, rue de l’Ecole Militaire

10500 Brienne-le-Château

Tél. : 03 25 92 82 41

Fax : 03 25 27 11 25

officetourisme.brienne@wanadoo.fr

www.ville-brienne-le-chateau...

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