Route Napoléon

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

Map of the 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.

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