 Ajaccio, the capital city of Corsica and birthplace of Napoleon |
 Ajaccio, centrally located on the west coast of Corsica |
 The Ajaccio airport is named afte Napoléon Bonaparte |
 Rue Cardinal Fesch, Ajaccio |
 Corsica was part of the Republic of Genoa until independence in 1755 - the French took Corsica in 1769 |
 Musée Fesch, Ajaccio's art museum founded by Napoleon's uncle, Cardinal Joseph Fesch |
 Chapelle Imperiale, Rue Cardinal Resch, Ajaccio |
 Épicerie Casa Napoléon, Ajaccio |
 Hôtel de Ville, Ajaccio |
 Place Foch, Ajaccio |
 Monument to the First Consul - Napoleon as Emperor of Rome, 1850 |
 Gelateria Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Maison Bonaparte - Napoléon's Birthplace - 15 August 1769 |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Napoléon's great-great-grandfather moved into Casa Buonaparte in 1682 |
 Napoleon's mother, Letizia Ramolino, Maison Bonaparte |
 Map of Corsica on its side, ca 1741, Maison Bonaparte |
 Isle de Corse - pre-1755 since the Moor is blindfolded |
 Development and changes to the Maison Bonaparte 1682-1766 |
 Charles-Marie Bonaparte (1746-1785), Napoleon's father |
 Bust of Napoleon's mother, Letizia, Maison Bonaparte |
 Bust of Napoleon, Maison Bonaparte |
 Lithograph of Napoléon's childhood - snowball fight at Brienne, Maison Bonaparte |
 Sword of Lieutenant-Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte, 1st Battalion, Corsica National Guard, 1794 |
 Napoléon Bonaparte, from Lt. Colonel in 1792 to French Emperor in 1804 |
 Arrival in France - Letizia and her children leave Ajaccio for Toulon in 1785 |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's older brother, installed as King of Naples in 1806 and then King of Spain in 1808 |
 Portrait of Letizia Bonaparte, Robert Lefevre |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte |
 Must be Napoleon as a boy... |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Musée National de la Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Napoléon III, nephew of Napoléon I, the last French monarch |
 Napoléon III was deposed deposed after being captured by the Prussians at the Battle of Sedan in 1870 |
 The Bonaparte Dynasty |
 Golden laurel wreath of Napoléon as Emperor of Rome |
 Portrait of Napoleon as Emperor of Rome |
 Model of the ship "La Belle Poule" which brought Napoleon's remains from St. Helena back to France |
 Genealogy of the Family Bonaparte |
 Mill for crushing olives, Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Oil press, Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Narrow streets in the old town around Maison Bonaparte, Ajaccio |
 Microbrasserie L'Impériale, Ajaccio (Aiacciu) |
 At the Mircobrasserie L'Impériale, Ajaccio |
 Mircobrasserie L'Impériale, Ajaccio |
 Avenue du Premier Consul, Ajaccio |
 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio |
 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio |
 Keith in Ajaccio with a T-Shirt shop mascot |
 Place De Gaulle, Ajaccio |
 Place De Gaulle, Ajaccio |
 Place du Général De Gaulle, Ajaccio |
 Monument to Napoléon and his brothers, 1864, Ajaccio |
 Monument to Napoléon and his brothers, 1864, Ajaccio |
 Monument to Napoléon and his brothers, 1864, Ajaccio |
 Espace Diamant, Ajaccio |
 Casino Municipal, Ajaccio |
 Plage Saint-François along the ramparts of Ajaccio |
 Plage Saint-François along the ramparts of Ajaccio |
 Plage Saint-François, Ajaccio |
 Beach in the city center of Ajaccio |
 Along the ramparts by the Citadel of Ajaccio |
 Directional signs, Ajaccio |
 Ajaccio Cathedral, 1593 |
 Beach at the 16th C. Citadel of Ajaccio |
 Citadel of Ajaccio, 16th C. |
 ...they look like they're waiting for me... |
 Aida Blu at the Port of Ajaccio |
 "À Tout Vent D'Eux", Port of Ajaccio |
 Résitance Monument, Port of Ajaccio |
 Résitance Monument, Port of Ajaccio |
 Corsican gift basket, Ajaccio |