#saint-cyr

[ripstefano]

Marshal Gouvion Saint-Cyr wearing the uniform of colonel-general of the cuirassiers (late 1804/early 1805). Reconstruction based on Isabey's drawing in the "Book of Sacre" (Detail).

[napoconfessions]

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HELLO!

this is a confession booth, where you can tell me and everyone in the whole world what you have to say about the Napoleon era or people!

(Don't make it too gross or you and your confession is getting exiled.)

Other then that- say what you want!

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[empirearchives]

Marshals of the First French Empire buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery

Yesterday was the anniversary of the opening of the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris in 1804. @captainknell mentioned that they’re interested in seeing the tombs of the Marshals who are buried there and I realized that I actually have some pics of them. These are not all the Napoleonic figures buried there; not even close! There are actually quite a few notable figures buried at this cemetery.

Credit to the amazing photographer: Stéphane Charton-Thomas.

Marshal Suchet:

Marshal Grouchy:

Marshal Saint-Cyr:

Marshal Lefebvre:

Marshal Davout:

Marshal Ney:

Marshal Masséna:

Marshal Kellermann:

[ot-alsace]

Marshal Saint-Cyr

[michel-feuilly]

Commission

Ghostly mans for @cursedgold

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Que votre vie d’officier soit animée par l’engagement personnel, le travail et la compétence entretenue, la soif d’apprendre, la fraternité, l’ouverture d’esprit, l’honnêteté et le courage au quotidien, pour être des chefs respectés et suivis. (…) L’engagement sans limite de vos subordonnés et leur fierté de vous avoir pour chef seront votre récompense.

- Le général de division Collet, commandant les écoles de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan

Saint-Cyr  or to give its full name L’École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr,   French national military academy at Coëtquidan, was founded in  Fontainebleau in 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1808 Napoleon moved it  to the town of Saint-Cyr-l’École near Versailles, on the site of a  famous school founded in the 17th century by Madame de Maintenon, wife  of Louis XIV. The buildings at Saint-Cyr-l’École were destroyed in 1944,  and after the war the academy was transferred to Coëtquidan, in  Brittany. The popular name was retained.

Throughout most of its  history Saint-Cyr prepared officers for the infantry and cavalry and for  staff positions within those services, while the École Polytechnique in  Paris trained engineers, artillerymen, and other technical officers.

After  World War II, however, Saint-Cyr took over the training of most  technical officers. Women were admitted to the academy for the first  time in 1983. The Combined Arms School or Joint military school, known as École Militaire Interarmes or EMIA, is a military school of the French Army intended to train officers who have risen from the ranks and now forms part of Saint-Cyr. 

The French commanders  Philippe Pétain and Henri Giraud were trained at Saint-Cyr. Charles de  Gaulle, who graduated with honours in 1911, taught military history  there after World War I.

Its motto is Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre, literally meaning "They study to vanquish" or, more freely put, "Training for victory". French cadet officers are called saint-cyriens or cyrards.

**cadet officers of École Militaire Interarmes or EMIA

[broenguiraldson]

Les monts Carpiagne et Saint-Cyr depuis le Col de la Gineste

[womblegrinch]

Gustave Loiseau (1865-1935) - Rue de Saint-Cyr, soleil

Oil on canvas. Painted in 1900.

21.9 x 25.75 inches, 55 x 65.5 cm. Estimate: £35,000-45,000.

Sold Sotheby’s, London, 4 Feb 2009 for £91,250.