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On 20 March, 1811, the Empress Marie-Louise gave birth to the heir to the imperial throne, the Roi de Rome, or King of Rome. Two weeks earlier, the Prefect of the Dpartement de la Seine, Frochot, and the Conseil Municipal (Paris town council) had offered on behalf of the Ville de Paris (City of Paris) a cradle fit for the longed-for future emperor. A traditional present for this sort of event, the cradle of the Roi de Rome is remarkable for its extraordinary magnificence. Many artists worked on its creation. The painter Prud'hon made the plans, the bronze- and goldsmiths Thomire and Odiot founded and chased it in gilt silver, the sculptor Roguier modelled the figures. A work of almost unbelievable opulence, the cradle is one of the finest pieces of imperial furniture.
Standing on feet fashioned as crossed horns of plenty fronted by the genii of Strength and Justice, the boat of the cradle is decorated with mother-of-pearl balusters set on a background of nacarat velvet spotted with gilt bees. The decorative programme was dictated by symbolism of the empire. At the head of the cradle there is a shield bearing the Emperor's cypher, encircled by palms and laurels. Above, Winged Victor, soaring over the world, bears a double crown of stars and laurels, from which hang the drapes. At the other end, an Aiglon (or eaglet) appears to be about to take flight towards this allegory of triumph and immortality, in the centre of which blazes Napoleon's star. The glory of the father watches over the son, whilst at the same time calling him the same destiny. Two bas-reliefs on the sides of the cradle boat complete the sumptuous decoration, evoking the union of Paris and Rome, the two principal cities of the Empire, linked by the birth of the young king. On one side, Mercury lays the baby in the arms of a personification of the Seine river; on the other, the figure of the Tiber contemplates the new star which has just risen.
It was in this formal presentation cradle that the baby was laid, the day of his birth. Other, much more run-of-the-mill cradles provided for his everyday sleeping arrangements, one of these can be seen at the Muse du chteau de Fontainebleau. As for the cradle given by the Ville de Paris, it was taken to Austria in 1814 on the request of Marie Louise. So if you want to stand in awe before it, you have to go to Vienna.
Karine Huguenaud (tr. P.H.)
February 2004
Your challenge is to rebuild the Ancient Roman empire, and your object is to collect gold, supplies, and food in order to provide for your new empire as it grows. Just like a baby grows from infant to adult in stages, your new empire rises from its modest cradle among the Seven Hills to its glorious Golden Age in stages called Epochs.
There are multiple game levels in each Epoch. In total, there are more than 100 different levels to challenge your brain. Here you will race your match3 skills against the clock, matching up 3 resources in vertical or horizontal rows. The games within each Epoch start out easier and get progressively more challenging. Swap adjacent tiles in order to produce three in a row, and collect your prized resources, whether they are gold, supplies, or food.
Additionally, as soon as you buy a new feature, you can win citizens for it on the very next match game by lining up 5 tiles in a row. Resources related to the new addition will be available to win on the following level, as well. Check out the building list with available citizens, and tips for how to win these people in the Tips and Tricks Section, below.
As you buy each building within the five different Epochs, bonus tools will become available for the related building. The first game level you play after buying the building will have the related bonus item available to collect. After that game level, however, if you have more than one bonus item collected, the bonus item available on game levels after that will appear randomly. Check out the Bonus Tools Tips and Tricks Section, below.
Every building in your rising Roman empire requires resources to sustain its development. Resources come in three categories: Gold, Supplies, and Food. Various icons are pictured on the tile faces in each game, representing the resource points you will accumulate by lining up three icons in a row.
Three tiles lined up in a row will get you a match, but four or more lined up tiles will earn far more resources. Three in a row will be awarded 3x the points per tile. Four in a row will be awarded 8x the points per tile. Five tiles in a row will be awarded 20x the points per tile!
As his first wife Josephine failed to produce an heir to the throne, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte chose to divorce and to remarry Archduchess Maria Ludovika of Austria, daughter of Emperor Francis II/I, by proxy on 11 March 1810. Marriage by proxy means that Napoleon was not physically present at the ceremony in the Augustine Church (Augustinerkirche) in Vienna, but represented instead by another person - by Archduke Carl of all persons, who clearly defeated Napoleon one year earlier in the Battle of Aspern!Napoleon's political intention for this marriage was to strengthen the legitimacy of his Empire, Austria for its part wanted to secure the political interests of the Habsburg Empire. In addition Napoleon remarried in search of a male heir. His ardent wish was fulfilled on 20 March 1811, when Maria Ludovika - in the meantime commonly referred to as "Marie Louise" - gave birth to a healthy boy, who was baptized Napoleon Francis Carl.On the day of his birth, Napoleon gave his ardently desired son the title "King of Rome", whereas he was widely known in France as "the Eaglet" ("l'Aiglon") - the "Son of the Eagle". After the defeat of Napoleon and his final exilation, the Congress of Vienna accorded the title "Duke of Reichstadt" to Napoleon's son. Interestingly, Napoleon Francis Carl is until today known by different names in the different countries of Europe: the French do mainly speak of him as "the Eaglet", Italians refer to him as "King of Rome" and Germans as "Duke of Reichstadt", while the most common designation in the anglo-saxon countries is "Napoleon II.".However, the birth of an heir to the throne was a reason of great joy for Napoleon, and a big part of Europe celebrated with him. To honor the occasion, the city of Paris offered a throne cradle made of more than 280 kg of silver to the Empress Marie Louise. The iconographic program of the cradle emphasizes the achievements of Napoleon and expresses the hopes which were related to his son:
If you wish to learn more interesting details about the cradle of Napoleon Francis Carl, we invite you to join our experts during a guided tour through the imperial treasury museum or to book a guided tour to Schnbrunn palace where the heir of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte died on July 22nd, 1832.
In this basilica is kept a relic that has been the object of devotion for several centuries. It is the remains of the cunabulum, the "sacred cradle" or manger in which, according to the Gospels, the Child Jesus was placed at birth.
In 432 Pope Sixtus III decided to build inside the primitive Basilica of St. Mary Major a "grotto of the Nativity" similar to the one in Bethlehem. The church then took the name of Santa Maria adpraesepem, which in Latin means "manger".
All this was the object of a popular devotion that motivated many of the faithful, returning from pilgrimages to the Holy Land, to bring as gifts what were considered the wooden fragments of the famous manger of the Child Jesus, and which are currently preserved in a reliquary with the name of the sacred cradle (cunabulum).
In Santa Maria Maggiore is also preserved another relic related to the crib: the panniculum, which is a small piece of cloth the size of a hand and which is kept in a case donated by Pius IX. According to tradition, it is a strip of the cloth with which Mary wrapped the baby Jesus.
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