École de Brienne, Military academy in Brienne-le-Château, France
The École de Brienne occupies substantial stone buildings within the Regional Natural Park of the Forêt d'Orient, two hours from Paris.
Selected in 1776 by Count Saint-Germain as one of twelve preparatory schools for the Paris Military School, the institution educated young nobles until 1790.
The academy maintained equal enrollment of 60 paying students and 60 scholarship recipients from impoverished noble families, providing education in mathematics, Latin, and fortification.
The museum dedicated to the school contains three exhibition rooms displaying maps, weapons, uniforms, and documents from the institution's operational period.
Napoleon Bonaparte studied at this school from 1779 to 1784, speaking limited French and focusing intensely on his studies in an unheated dormitory cell.
Location: Brienne-le-Château
GPS coordinates: 48.38904,4.52809
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:41
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