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Paris, Apr 23 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mario García / Christophe Petit-Tesson) Joachim Murat proudly bears the name of the marshal who became Napoleon's saber, and 200 years after the death of the emperor he vindicates the memory of his ancestor, whom he considers mistreated by history.FOOTAGE OF LES INVALIDES. INTERVIEW WITH JOACHIM MURAT, GRANDSON OF ONE OF THE MAIN GENERALS OF NAPOLEON.- TRANSLATION:1.- "Murat was totally invincible in the battlefields. He was in all the empire's fights, which were the most dangerous places of that time. Dressed to be shot. He was waiting for someone to attack him. He was attacked from all sides, he did heroic acts. He was only wounded twice, very lightly, and he was killed by the Bourbons, not on the battlefields. So he was a kind of superhero who dragged the troops and scared enemies."2.- "That is the first point, there is Goya's painting (" The executions of May 3 ") that turned him into an abominable butcher, when in reality what he did was put down a revolt and prevent a massacre."3.- "Murat is the American dream. Napoleon in a way is too much. Napoleon is so crazy, he is so out of reason, that he is almost messianic, he is semi-divine."
Paris, Mar 31 (EFE).- Restoration works on Napoleon's tomb are about to end at Les Invalides in Paris ahead of the 200th anniversary of his death, which will be marked on May 5. FOOTAGE OF THE RESTORATION WORKS.SOUNDBITES OF CÉLINE WONG, RESTORER:"It is a unique occasion and also an honor because you can make old works even more eternal." "Respecting the place and trying to achieve the result that had been achieved before. In fact, it is like a deduction within a police investigation. It is not difficult itself, (...) You have to be thorough, there are stages you have to respect, we can't rush things."
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