1814 : Napoléon and the Campaign of France
Between January and April, 1814, Champagne and Brie region are the theater of Napoleon Ier's last victories.
In the head of an army profoundly weakened by the Spanish Civil War and the campaign(countryside) of Russia, the Emperor is going to try to resist to the invasion of the troops of the Sixth Coalition of the European armies and to preserve his throne.
From Châlons-en-Champagne to Fontainebleau in passing in particular by Brienne-le-Château, Champaubert, Nogent-sur-Seine and Arcis-sur-Aube, take the steps of Napoleon, those of the soldiers of the imperial army or Members of the coalition, and discover battlefields and places of stopping place of the leaders of the armies, steles and monuments raised to the glory of the French victories as well as the museums maintaining the souvenir of the Campaign of France of 1814, introduction to Napoleon Ier's abdication and to completion of the First Empire.
Download the brochure of the "Napoleon and the 1814 French Campaign" Trail.
Napoléon I Museum in Brienne-le-Château
In the surrounding wall of the former royal military academy, the Napoleon museum redraws the youth of Bonaparte and the events of the Campaign of France of 1814.
Museums, monuments and castles commemorating the Campaign of France of 1814 in Champagne-Ardenne :