Velopoleon
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Napoleon's Bicycle.
Cycling the Napoleonic campaigns in Europe and beyond.
Cycling the Napoleonic campaigns in Europe and beyond.
Lots of black ice around in Cork this morning so watch out if cycling or walking. @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Lots of black ice around in Cork this morning so watch out if cycling or walking. @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
220 years ago on this day in 1805, the Treaty of Pressburg was signed. After their defeat at Austerlitz, the Austrians were forced to give territory to the French.
The signing took place in the Primatial Palace in Bratislava.
#OTD #DestinationNapoleon #Napoleon
The signing took place in the Primatial Palace in Bratislava.
#OTD #DestinationNapoleon #Napoleon
December 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
220 years ago on this day in 1805, the Treaty of Pressburg was signed. After their defeat at Austerlitz, the Austrians were forced to give territory to the French.
The signing took place in the Primatial Palace in Bratislava.
#OTD #DestinationNapoleon #Napoleon
The signing took place in the Primatial Palace in Bratislava.
#OTD #DestinationNapoleon #Napoleon
Tiernan McBride's film of Paul Brady's 'Arthur McBride'.mpg
YouTube video by Paul Brady Videos
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December 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cork city library on Grand Parade are hosting a Jane Austen season with a talk about period costumes and tea etiquette. Happy 250th!
www.corkcitylibraries.ie/en/events/th...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Cork city library on Grand Parade are hosting a Jane Austen season with a talk about period costumes and tea etiquette. Happy 250th!
www.corkcitylibraries.ie/en/events/th...
www.corkcitylibraries.ie/en/events/th...
A Palace in Gaza where Napoleon is reputed to have stayed, has been destroyed. cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Over 300 Gaza Heritage Sites Destroyed by Israeli Airstrikes... "Napoleon Fortress" Also Damaged
On November 18 (local time), Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency reported that many historical sites in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed during more tha...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A Palace in Gaza where Napoleon is reputed to have stayed, has been destroyed. cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
We stayed a night in Sisteron on our cycle from Cannes to Waterloo in 2015. A lovely town in a dramatic landscape.
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This French fortress town sits dramatically between two worlds (Napoleon couldn't conquer it)
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October 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We stayed a night in Sisteron on our cycle from Cannes to Waterloo in 2015. A lovely town in a dramatic landscape.
www.journee-mondiale.com/en/this-fren...
www.journee-mondiale.com/en/this-fren...
A handy overview of Napoleon's Italian campaigns.
www.thecollector.com/napoleon-ita...
www.thecollector.com/napoleon-ita...
September 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A handy overview of Napoleon's Italian campaigns.
www.thecollector.com/napoleon-ita...
www.thecollector.com/napoleon-ita...
On this day in 1815, the Battle of Waterloo took place outside Brussels in Belgium.
June 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
On this day in 1815, the Battle of Waterloo took place outside Brussels in Belgium.
Prince and his Napoleonic costumes.
www.napoleon.org/histoire-des...
www.napoleon.org/histoire-des...
June 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Prince and his Napoleonic costumes.
www.napoleon.org/histoire-des...
www.napoleon.org/histoire-des...
In 1812 artist Jacques-Louis David designed an alternative standard for Napoleon's army which was a more Roman design. Would it have been better? www.napoleon.org/histoire-des...
Études autour des projets d’étendards de l’armée - napoleon.org
De nouveaux étendards En janvier 1812, l’Empereur prescrit la confection de nouveaux étendards, à renouveler tous les trois ans, demandant à ce que
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May 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In 1812 artist Jacques-Louis David designed an alternative standard for Napoleon's army which was a more Roman design. Would it have been better? www.napoleon.org/histoire-des...
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A mobile bicycle-trailer pop-up library ... with hammocks. Genius.
February 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A mobile bicycle-trailer pop-up library ... with hammocks. Genius.
Anyone lose a bike this morning?
Abandoned bike. @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
Abandoned bike. @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Anyone lose a bike this morning?
Abandoned bike. @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
Abandoned bike. @corkcyclingcrew.bsky.social
Napoleon wanted to bring an Egyptian obelisk back to France in 1798 but it didn't arrive until 1836. It's still revealing secrets.
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French Egyptologist Decodes Secret Messages on Luxor Obelisk
A French Egyptologist has uncovered seven hidden messages within the hieroglyphs of the Luxor Obelisk in Paris, revealing the powerful propaganda of Pharaoh Ramses II. Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier,...
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April 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Napoleon wanted to bring an Egyptian obelisk back to France in 1798 but it didn't arrive until 1836. It's still revealing secrets.
slguardian.org/french-egypt...
slguardian.org/french-egypt...
The Napoleonic era signal tower at Bray Head on Valentia Island is being refurbished. Let's hope they do a good job.
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Work begins on €2m Valentia Island tourism project on the Wild Atlantic Way
Construction work has begun this week on a €2m tourism project on Valentia island in Kerry which will enhance the tourism product of Kerry and the Wild Atlantic Way.
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April 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Napoleonic era signal tower at Bray Head on Valentia Island is being refurbished. Let's hope they do a good job.
m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
m.independent.ie/regionals/ke...
'There is little left of the palace – a mansion and fortress during Mamluk and Ottoman rule over Gaza and where Napoleon Bonaparte once spent several nights.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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March 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
'There is little left of the palace – a mansion and fortress during Mamluk and Ottoman rule over Gaza and where Napoleon Bonaparte once spent several nights.'
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Just recorded a phenomenal episode with @drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social on the 1796 French Invasion of Ireland led by Lazare Hoche. This episode will be out in a few months. #napoleon #hoche #ireland
March 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just recorded a phenomenal episode with @drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social on the 1796 French Invasion of Ireland led by Lazare Hoche. This episode will be out in a few months. #napoleon #hoche #ireland
Visited Whiddy Island near Bantry, West Cork yesterday. Three redoubts were built there in the early 1800's by the British to protect against a French invasion.
February 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Visited Whiddy Island near Bantry, West Cork yesterday. Three redoubts were built there in the early 1800's by the British to protect against a French invasion.