In the Footsteps of Napoleon, His Life And Its Famous Scenes
The book In the Footsteps of Napoleon, His Life And Its Famous Scenes was written by author Morgan, James, 1861- [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of In the Footsteps of Napoleon, His Life And Its Famous Scenes book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is In the Footsteps of Napoleon, His Life And Its Famous Scenes a good or bad book?
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On the contrary, he chose to sleep among the kings that crowd the homely old church at St. Denis on the edge of Paris. Personally reserving there a space for his grave, he ordered the restoration of the edifice which had been desecrated by the revolutionists. While providing burial places for himself and his marshals, he took thought at the same time of the mortuary needs of all the people of Paris outside the city and directed the opening of four cemeteries such as he had seen in Germany. The ...first and most renowned of these was laid out in what formerly was the private park of the father confessor of Louis XIV — Pere La- chaise. Until then cemeteries were unknown in Paris, and bodies were heaped in confusion beneath church floors or found no abiding place anywhere. A complete catalogue of Napoleon's contributions to the beauty of Paris would be large. He gave the present Chamber of Deputies its classic fagade, the Pantheon its noble pediment and the Luxembourg its now celebrated museum.
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