Napoleonland was the nickname given by

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to a French

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, Napoleon's Bivouac, proposed by French politician

Yves Jégo Yves Jégo (; born 17 April 1961) is a French politician. He was '' député'' for the third constituency of Seine-et-Marne in the National Assembly from 2002 to 2018, and Mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne. He was the general delegate of the U ...

in 2012. The park's theme was to be

Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader wh ...

, the French

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and

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who rose to power in the aftermath of the

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. Proposed attractions included lessons in Napoleon's life from his time as an artillery officer to his eventual defeat at the

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. A watershow would depict the

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (180 ...

, other historical re-enactments and a

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featuring replicated frozen bodies of French soldiers in a recreation of Napoleon's retreat from

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. The park would be built by 2017 near

Montereau-Fault-Yonne Montereau-Fault-Yonne (), or simply Montereau, is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Geography Montereau-Fault-Yonne is situated at the confluence of the rivers Yonne and Seine, 70& ...

, site of the

Battle of Montereau The Battle of Montereau (18 February 1814) was fought during the War of the Sixth Coalition between an Imperial French army led by Emperor Napoleon and a corps of Austrians and Württembergers commanded by Crown Prince Frederick William of ...

, where proposer Jégo was the local

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, at an estimated cost of 200 million euros. In 2017 Jégo made a new proposal for a ''Park Napoléon'' to be built in

Marolles-sur-Seine Marolles-sur-Seine (, literally ''Marolles on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics Inhabitants are called ''Marollais''. See also * Communes of the Seine-et-M ...

near to Montereau where he is mayor, with an estimated completion date of 2023. By 2020 it had still failed to find an investor, and conservation groups were objecting to the location of its planned construction site.

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