The French Alps, Seen From The Route Napoleon
by Al Bourassa
Title
The French Alps, Seen From The Route Napoleon
Artist
Al Bourassa
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Artworks
Description
Route Napoleon is a 325 km stretch of modern road, the Route nationale 85, winding through the spectacular mountains of Provence. The road follows the route taken by Napoleon in his 1815 escape from Elba to Grenoble.
This asphalted road begins at Golfe-Juan, where Napoleon disembarked on 1st March 1815, beginning the Hundred Days that ended at Waterloo. It took Napoleon and a thousand men a whole week, but today you can drive the entire route in about eight hours.
The road was inaugurated in 1932. Running through Provence, it begins at Golfe-Juan, turns to Cannes in the French Riviera and then to Grasse. Going southwestward, the route passes Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey. Before reaching Castellane, where the Napoleon Bridge is found, there is Château de Brondet. Going up over the Col des Leques at 1,146 m, passing through the Clue de Taulanne and the small village of Barrême, the route reaches Digne-les-Bains. The road goes somewhat westward following the Bléone river until Malija. There is a castle where Napoleon spent a night. Going southwestward again, the next big town is Sisteron. After passing by Gap, Route Napoléon goes up over the Col Bayard at 1,248 m, to Corps. Further north is La Mur and then the route then leads all the way to its destination at Grenoble.
This digitally altered artwork is derived from a photograph taken March 12, 2009 during a tour of Western Europe.
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October 4th, 2017
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