Tomb of Napoleon

TOMB OF NAPOLEON

It is in a crypt exactly below the centre of the cupola. The Emperor, who died on St Helena on 5 May 1821, was not brought back to Paris until 1840; in that year, on 15 December, his body was interred here in a ceremony of unequalled solemnity. The body is enclosed in six coffins: the first of tin sheeted iron, the second of mahogany, the third and fourth of lead, the fifth of ebony and the sixth of oak. These were then placed in the great red porphyry sarcophagus in the crypt designed by Visconti. Here 12 enormous Victories by Pradier keep a vigil over the Emperor. Next to him is the tomb of his son, "I'Aiglon" (the Eaglet), who died in Vienna in 1832.





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