Paris under Napoleon Each of the twelve arrondissements had its own mayor, but their power was limited to enforcing the decrees of Napoleon's ministers. After he crowned himself Emperor on December 2, 1804, Napoleon began a series of projects to make Paris into an imperial capital to rival ancient Rome. He built monuments to French military glory, including the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, the column in Place Vendôme, and the future church of the Madeleine, intended as a temple to military heroes; and began the Arc de Triomphe. To improve the circulation of traffic in central Paris, he built a wide new
Cantata for the Wedding of Emperor Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria Cantata for the Wedding of Emperor Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria Cantate pour le Mariage de l'Empereur Napoleon avec Marie Louise d'Autriche ("Cantata for the Wedding of Emperor Napoleon and Marie Louise of Austria") is a wedding cantata for orchestra, choir and soloists composed by Johann Nepomuk Hummel in 1810. The piece was performed at the wedding ceremony of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Louise of Austria in March, but was not published in the composer's lifetime. It received a first performance in the UK in 2016, with instrumentalists and singers from Clare College, Cambridge conducted by Toby Hession. The work