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Napoleon's bicentenary.(Report from Europe)
On December 2, 1804, for the first time in centuries, France had an emperor. The ceremony for Napoleon Bonaparte's coronation was one of the most elaborate ever held anywhere for any occasion.
The setting was the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, which was in itself a political statement, since coronations for the kings of France had almost always been held at Reims Cathedral. There were two masters of ceremonies. Temporary decorations were designed by the architects Charles Percier and Pierre Francois Leonard Fontaine, and the costumes by Jean Baptiste Isabey. Music for the occasion was composed by Giovanni Paisiello and Jean Francois Le Sueur.
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The day was one of pomp, beginning in the morning with a series of processions into the cathedral by deputations from French cities, the military, the legislature, the judiciary, and the Legion d'honneur, which Napoleon had founded on May 19, 1802. Then the papal procession, led by Pope Pius VII, entered the cathedral, followed by the imperial family.
The pope blessed the two crowns, and the ceremony reached its climax when Napoleon crowned himself and his wife Josephine.
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Source: HighBeam Research, Napoleon's bicentenary.(Report from Europe)