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 |