La Tombe de Napoleon - Paris - La Famille Bonaparte on Waymarking.com

[FR] Son corps fut rapatrié triomphalement à Paris et enterré aux Invalides, dans « un grand sarcophage (...) de porphyre rouge – en fait du quartzite aventuriné de Finlande, proche du porphyre –, posé sur un socle de granit vert des Vosges ». Le socle en marbre noir provient de la carrière de marbre de Sainte-Luce (Isère). Le transport de ce bloc de 5,5 mètres de long, 1,20 mètre de large et 0,65 mètre d'épaisseur, ne se fit pas sans peine.

[EN] In 1840 his remains were taken to France in the frigate Belle-Poule and were to be entombed in a porphyry sarcophagus at Les Invalides, Paris. Egyptian porphyry (used for the tombs of Roman emperors) was unavailable, so red quartzite was obtained from Russian Finland, eliciting protests from those who still remembered the Russians as enemies. Hundreds of millions have visited his tomb since that date.

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