Maison Bonaparte

The house was later expanded and re-decorated by Carlo Buonaparte after his marriage to Maria Letizia Ramolino.

[2] Eight years after Carlo Bonaparte's death in 1785, the family came into conflict with the increasingly reactionary nationalist leader, Pasquale Paoli, and was forced to flee to the French mainland.

[2] After the withdrawal of British troops from Corsica in 1797, the Bonaparte family returned to the Casa Buonaparte and began repairing and remodeling it with funds provided by the Directory.

In 1852, Joseph's daughter Zénaïde gave the Casa Buonaparte to Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie.

Eugénie refurbished and expanded the house in order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Napoleon's birth.

The room where Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769
1895 sketch of Casa Buonaparte
The house museum in July 2008