Napoleon's Battle At Wagram - Versailles
by Al Bourassa
Title
Napoleon's Battle At Wagram - Versailles
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
The Battle of Wagram (5–6 July 1809) was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars and ended in a decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon I's French and allied army against the Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen. The battle led to the breakup of the Fifth Coalition, the Austrian and British-led alliance against France.
The two-day battle of Wagram was particularly bloody, mainly due to the extensive use of artillery on a flat battlefield packed with some 300,000 men. Although Napoleon was the uncontested winner, he failed to secure a complete victory and the Austrian casualties were only slightly greater than those of the French and allies. Nonetheless, the defeat was serious enough to shatter the morale of the Austrians, who could no longer find the will to continue the struggle. The resulting Treaty of Schönbrunn meant the loss of one sixth of the Austrian Empire's subjects, along with some territories.
Napoléon Bonaparte, born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) in Corsica to a relatively modest family of noble Tuscan ancestry, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. Often considered one of the greatest commanders in history, his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide.
The Palace of Versailles, or simply Versailles, is a royal château in Versailles in the Île-de-France region of France. It is also known as the château de Versailles.
When the château was built, Versailles was a country village; today, however, it is a wealthy suburb of Paris, some 20 kilometres southwest of the French capital. The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
The Fifth Republic has enthusiastically promoted the museum as one of France’s foremost tourist attractions.
Above courtesy of Wikipedia.
Trying to visit and appreciate the wonder of Versailles in one day is lunacy, but that was all we had, so we counted on the camera to quickly take such photos so we could appreciate the beauty later. I would much rather have had a week to spend enjoying the magnificent artworks.
In this instance, there is a room, easily the length of a football field, devoted almost solely to magnificent life-sized painting of the battles of the great Napoleon. I could have spent a day in that room alone.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken March 14, 2009 during a tour of Western Europe.
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May 10th, 2016
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