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Title: Chateau de Malmaison
Post by: LouisFerdinand on December 24, 2015, 07:51:17 PM
Chateau de Malmaison - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uewcWlohzPg)       
While her husband Napoleon was on campaign in Egypt in 1798, Josephine acquired a lovely château with its own park at Malmaison.
Title: Re: Chateau de Malmaison
Post by: LouisFerdinand on December 28, 2015, 11:57:05 PM
Château de Malmaison     
Empress Josephine at Château Malmaison - Woman of Influence | The Culture Concept Circle (http://www.thecultureconcept.com/circle/empress-josephine-at)...
Title: Re: Chateau de Malmaison
Post by: LouisFerdinand on April 20, 2017, 11:44:56 PM
Napoleon bought some five thousand acres of surrounding land including vineyards near Malmaison.   
He improved and extended the farm buildings. He built a rotunda where meals were sometimes served at tables surrounded by flowers and plants in tubs.
Title: Re: Chateau de Malmaison
Post by: LouisFerdinand on February 12, 2018, 08:28:53 PM
In 1861, Emperor Napoleon III set up the first museum of the Consulate in Malmaison. It closed in 1870.