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© Stéphane Compoint
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South Atlantic Ocean - United Kingdom - Saint Helena Island : In accordance with his last wishes, Napoleon was buried on May 9 near a source in the Geranium valley, since called “Tomb Valley”. Nineteen years after the death of Napoleon, the United Kingdom returned the ashes of the former emperor to France. The exhumation of Napoleon's body took place on October 15, 1840, then he was repatriated to France and buried at the Invalides in Paris. From 1854, Emperor Napoleon III negotiated with the British government the purchase of the Tomb Valley, which became French property in 1858 and has since been managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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