Fondation Eugène-Napoléon, Educational foundation in 12th arrondissement, France.

The Fondation Eugène-Napoléon is a two-storey neoclassical stone building at 262 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, built by architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff. Its projecting central bay has a rusticated ground floor with round-arched openings, a smooth upper floor with tall arched windows, and an entrance portico under a triangular pediment bearing a cross and the inscription "FONDATION EUGENE NAPOLEON". A grey metal roof with dormers and chimneys tops it; three green benches stand in front.

The foundation was created in 1856 by Empress Eugénie and officially recognized as a public institution in 1858, arising from her marriage to Napoleon III. Architect Jacques Ignace Hittorff designed the structure following the classical principles of that era.

The name honours Louis Eugène Napoléon, son of Napoleon III and Eugénie, born in 1856. The institution opened as an orphanage for girls, was renamed Fondation Eugène-Napoléon in 1974, and its buildings now house a private vocational lycée, a primary school, a nursery school and student accommodation. The school is not open to visitors.

The foundation occupies the block at 262 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine in the 12th arrondissement, near the Faidherbe-Chaligny and Reuilly-Diderot metro stations. It is a working school and student residence, so the courtyards and interiors are not open to the public; the facade, the pediment inscription and the 1856 plaque are seen from the street.

The building's design drew inspiration from a piece of jewelry that Paris presented to the Empress on the occasion of her wedding to Napoleon III. This unusual source of architectural inspiration shows how personal events shaped urban development.