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Brussels, May 5 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 was the beginning of the decline of the emperor, whose figure was practically erased from the European continent before his name became a legend.On Wednesday, the city that saw him fall hosts an exhibition that commemorates his decline and subsequent rise as a myth on the same day as the 200th anniversary of his death.At the foot of the monument to the Battle of Waterloo, the centre of the memorial exhibits more than a hundred objects owned by the emperor and that span the last 6 years of his life.FOOTAGE OF THE MEMORIAL.SOUNDBITES OF ANTOINE CHARPAGNE, MANAGER OF THE CULTURAL MEMORIAL.
Ligny (Belgium), May 5 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Olivier Hoslet) Members of the First Troop of Ligny, Belgium, recreated on Wednesday one of the last great battles of Napoleon Bonaparte, as an act of commemoration on the 200th anniversary of his death.FOOTAGE OF THE RECREATION AND THE ARRIVAL OF A SHIRT OF NAPOLEON AT THE LIGNY MUSEUM.
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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