Napoleonland was the nickname given by
news media
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History
Some of the fir ...
to a
French theme park
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, Napoleon's Bivouac,
proposed by French politician
Yves Jégo in 2012. The park's theme was to be
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
, the French
general
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and
emperor
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who rose to power in the aftermath of the
French Revolution. Proposed attractions included lessons in Napoleon's life from his time as an artillery officer to his eventual defeat at the
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, Waterloo (then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The French Imperial Army (1804–1815), Frenc ...
. A watershow would depict the
Battle of Trafalgar
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, other historical re-enactments and a
ski run featuring replicated frozen bodies of French soldiers in a recreation of Napoleon's
retreat from
Russia
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. The park would be built by 2017 near
Montereau-Fault-Yonne
Montereau-Fault-Yonne (, before 1992: ''Montereau-Faut-Yonne''), or simply Montereau, is a Communes of France, commune in the Seine-et-Marne Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region in north-central France ...
, site of the
Battle of Montereau, where proposer Jégo was the local
mayor
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, at an estimated cost of 200 million
euros
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.
In 2017 Jégo made a new proposal for a ''Park Napoléon'' to be built in
Marolles-sur-Seine 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.
References
External links
Vive la révolution! French MP starts race to Napoleonland ''
The Guardian
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'' 15 February 2012
*http://www.literarytraveler.net/blog/category/summer-fun-2/
*http://artjuice.net/lattraction-napoleon-m-monde/
*https://www.dimensionparcs.fr/france/parc-napoleon-toujours-projet/
*http://www.ville-montereau77.fr/news/le-futur-parc-napoleon-se-devoile/
Amusement parks in France
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