Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, ruler of France from 1848 to 1870, was “the most enthusiastic supporter of photography in all of Europe”. He stocked his libraries with countless photographs of ...

The pearl of France’s Basque coast, Biarritz has long been a playground for European high society. Today, the town and its neighbours retain a nostalgic charm, with visitors drawn to the region for ...

Napoléon III was a vain authoritarian who came to power in a wave of nationalist populism. His rule, marked by huge projects and garish tastes, ended very badly.

METTERNICH ON NAPOLEON III. Share full article. May 22, 1887. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 22, 1887, Page 11 Buy Reprints.

In the early 1860s, Napoleon III commissioned photographer Charles Marville to document the city's transformation from medieval architectural hodgepodge to modern metropolis. The results of that ...

While photography had been invented 19 years before, ... France's new emperor, Napoleon III, wanted France to re-stamp her authority on the international stage, ...

Beginning in the mid-1850s, Paris experienced a grand transformation. At the orders of Napoleon III, old, narrow streets made way for wide boulevards, thousands of gas lamps lit the streets at ...

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, ruler of France from 1848 to 1870, was “the most enthusiastic supporter of photography in all of Europe”. He stocked his libraries with countless photographs of ...

Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, ruler of France from 1848 to 1870, was “the most enthusiastic supporter of photography in all of Europe”. He stocked his libraries with countless photographs of bridges, ...