Route Napoléon

The Route Napoléon is the route taken by Napoleon I in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now concurrent with sections of routes N85, D1085, D4085, and D6085.

Gilded eagle marker along the Route Napoléon, on the southern approach to Gap, Hautes-Alpes

Map of the Route Napoléon

The route begins at Golfe-Juan, where Napoleon disembarked on March 1, 1815, beginning the Hundred Days that ended at Waterloo. The road was inaugurated in 1932 and meanders from the French Riviera north-northwest along the foothills of the Alps. It is marked along the way by statues of the French Imperial Eagle.

Route

From south to north:

• Antibes
• Grasse
• Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey
• Castellane
• Digne
• Sisteron
• Gap
• Col Bayard (1,246 m)
• Corps
• La Mure
• Laffrey
• Grenoble

Gallery

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  Route Napoleon, Prairie de la Rencontre, Laffrey
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  Lake on the Col Bayard

External links

• Media related to Route Napoléon at Wikimedia Commons