. ♪ ♪ napoleon grew up in this very ilding. what was once the bonaparteresidence now receive some 90,000 visitors every year. now, this museum is the most visited tourist site in corsica. what is it about napoleon's childhood home that draws people? >> this is where tourists learn about napoleon's childhood through the places he grew up. there plenty of stories. the little wooden hut he built in the courtyard so he could study alone. the house is a real present, it is atmospheric and the tours who come from all four quarters of the world can feel that -- the house if a presence. >> and i believe that he was actually born in this room here. can you tell us about the circumstances of the birth of the future emperor of the french? >> in 1835, his mother explains to american journalist henry lee napoleon was not born on the carpet that picted the story of the iliad as told by napoleon on helena. in fact, she said there were no carpets in their roosm especially in summers. napoleon was born in august. >> there is an especially interesting detail. >> i will tak

. >> napoleon bonaparte is hard to boil him down into just a five-minute show. get into all of the dates and all the battles but what is interesting is to see what napoleon means to the front today. for some, the fame corsicand who france grandeur and glory on the international stage and represents everything that france has lost sinc e then. for critics, he was a racist warmongering tyrant who has the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on his hands and is the caricature of french decline. >> whatever you think about him, france's last national dictator is one of french people's favorite figures. >> according to a recent study, majority of french people say that he best represents french history. ahead of king louis xiv and ahe ad iof charles de gaulle. an important figure in france but also an object of fascination abroad, whether it is people who collect memorabilia. it's very expensive to get anything that napoleon touched. also, people who persist in historic reenactments. the legend of napoleon lives on. >> [speaking french] before we >> get into his

this week we are going to focus on on e of france's most famous figures, napoleon p -- napoleon bonaparteerce debate about whether to commemorate. >> t napoleon, it is hard to bore them down into just a five-minute show. we're not going to get into all of battles but what is interesting is to see what napoleon means to the french today for some, the famed corsican was a military genius who brought france grandeur and glory on the international stage and really represents everything france has lost since then. for critics, he was a racist, misogynistic tyrant who has the blood of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on his hands and is the caricature of french -- >> whatever you think about him, france's -- he's one of french people's favorite historical figures. >> a majority of french people say that he best represents french history, ahead of king louis xiv and charles de gaulle. also an object of fascination abroad, whether it is people who collect memorabilia. it's very expensive to get anything that napoleon touched. also people who persistent -- participate in these historic green -- h

history to the end of the franco-prussian war and the defeat of napoleon iii, the nephew of napoleon bonaparte they not only conceited victory to the prussians, but allowed them to march down the shum salazar -- the champs-elysees but pay reparations. they were still reeling from a siege by the prussians that left them angry, tired, and hungry. >> [speaking french] >> ok, so here we are in march 1871. the situation really comes to a fever pitch on march 18 when the government tries to take about 300 cannons. >> the parisians dart -- thought these cannons belong to them because they paid for them through a prescription. a lot of soldiers with the national guard seized control of the city and refused to accept the authority of the national guard which ended up fleeing to their side. elections were held. the commune was declared. they had a red flag. that was their symbol. these elected officials got to work. they were journalists, artisans, workers, lawyers, doctors, artists, a very motley crew getting to work. it did not last very long because at the end of may, the versailles government ended

, the, which we'll see works displayed it up to 100 different locations across the region . napoleon bonaparte, the french emperor and military leader, is on the move again as part of a special project. portraits and sculptures of him are being dispersed from the feast collection in florence, italy, to other parts of tuscany. packing is the biggest challenge, the painting. it moved from the wall, it is put on the tray and it is moved on the box, which is a double box surrounding my policy around inside the in order to have is soft inside the and the counter is putting another box in double box and inside the reason a sort of the team and discussed in the system in order to put the booster inside and not to move inside the box. the movement of the paintings and sculptures is part of a project called a 50 diffusing or scattered fee, which aims to share important pieces of art with other cultural institutions. the collection is normally house in the famous 50 gallery in florence, where crowds usually floods the halls of the building to see master pieces of art, to reduce the numbers of visitors,

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food the which we'll see works displayed it up to 100 different locations across the region. napoleon bonaparte, the french emperor and military leader, is on the move again as part of a special project. portraits and sculptures of him are being dispersed from the feats the collection in florence, italy, to other parts of tuscany. packing is the biggest challenge, the painting. it moved from the roll. it is put on the tray and it is move on box, which is a double box surrounded by a policy around inside. the in order to have is soft inside the and the scott is putting another box in double box. and inside the reason, sort of the team and discussed in 2 pieces in order to put the booster inside and not to move inside the box. the movement of the paintings and sculptures as part of a project called a fee diffusing or scattered fee, which aims to share important pieces of art with other cultural institutions. the collection is normally house in the famous 50 gallery in florence, where crowds usually floods the halls of the building to see master pieces of art, to reduce the numbers of visitors. se

enormous sensitivity actually paranoia because the haitians defeated the greatest army on earth of napoleon bonaparteemperor and wanted to reinstitute slavery on the island. >> and a brutal form of slavery. >> the average lifespan on a sugar plantation was seven years. it was the richest colony in the history of the world sugar was like crack forgive me for using that analogy but normal people, students cannot afford sugar. queens and bishops and kings only wealth that - - wealthy people could you sugar before the new world opened up so that could be mass produced to be one of the worlds first commodity products. it was also used to bolster the working class to give them more energy to be exploited and some anti- slavery figures in england boycotted sugar because they knew it was a product with blood dripping all over it so the haitians defeated napoleon when he sent his brother-in-law back in 18 oh one to reinstitute slavery which was abolished in 1794. but then you know those details but he died a horrible death in a prison in france but he was led to freedom so the americans were paranoid about sl

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, the, which we'll see works displayed it up to 100 different locations across the region . napoleon bonaparte, the french emperor and military leader, is on the move again as part of a special project. portraits and sculptures of him are being dispersed from the feats the collection in florence, italy, to other parts of tuscany. packing is the biggest challenge, the painting. it moved from their wall. it is put on the tray and it is move on box, which is a double box surrounded by a policy around inside. the in order to have is soft inside the and the counter is putting another box and double box. and inside the reason it sort of your team and you scott, in 2 pieces in order to put the inside and not to move inside the box. the movement of the paintings and sculptures is part of a project called features or scattered feed, see which aims to share important pieces of art with other cultural institutions. the collection is normally housed in the famous 50 gallery in florence, where crowds usually floods the halls of the building to the masterpieces of art, to reduce the numbers of visitors, sel

among the slave owners because the haitians had defeated the greatest army on earth the army of napoleon bonaparte. um when napoleon became emperor he wanted to reinstitute slavery on the island of san dimang the name of haiti before it became very particularly brutal form of slavery. oh, it was horrible the average lifespan on a sugar plantation, you know seven years. seven years sand domain was the richest colony in the history of the world and because of sugar sugar was like crack. i've never done crackers with friends. forgive me for you their teachers were giving for using that analogy but normal people students couldn't afford sugar was a luxury product kings and queens and bishops too as the son says only wealthy people could use sugar before the new world opened up and so sugar could be mass producing become one of the world's first of commodity products and it was also used to bolster the working class. they give them more energy so they could be exploited for in some some anti slavery figures in england boycotted sugar because they knew it was a product of with blood, you know, dripping