Napoléon Ier en empereur romain

The statue depicts Napoleon Bonaparte wearing a Roman toga, holding a concordat scroll in his left hand, standing atop a fountain with four bronze lions.

Created by Francesco Massimiliano Laboureur before 1806 in Rome, the statue was commissioned with support from French Minister François Cacault and arrived in Ajaccio in 1850.

The representation of Napoleon as a Roman consul reflects the early 19th-century artistic tendency to associate political power with classical Roman imagery.

The monument stands 267 centimeters tall and underwent restoration work in 2022 through an 8000-euro sponsorship from Allianz France.

The statue features a modified design where the traditional Medusa head on Pallas's aegis was replaced with a sun symbol on the chest.

Location: Ajaccio

Address: 4 Av. Antoine Serafini, 20000 Ajaccio, France 20000 Ajaccio

GPS coordinates: 41.91885,8.73829

Latest update: March 3, 2025 05:44