Description: Fort-de-France, Ile de La MARTINIQUE - Follorique Group - Empress Josephine Statue: Fort-de-France is a commune and the capital city of Martinique, an overseas department and region of France located in the Caribbean. It is also one of the major cities in the Caribbean. Martinique is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It has a land area of 1,128 km2 (436 sq mi) and a population of 376,480 inhabitants as of January 2016. One of the Windward Islands, it is directly north of Saint Lucia, northwest of Barbados and south of Dominica. Martinique is also an Outermost Region (OMR) of the European Union and a special territory of the European Union; the currency in use is the euro. Virtually the entire population speaks both French (the sole official language) and Martinican Creole. A statue of the Joséphine de Beauharnais, the wife of Napoléon Bonaparte and the first French Empress, was erected in 1859 at La Savane park in Fort de France, Martinique, when Josephine’s grandson, Napoleon III, was ruler of France. Originally named Marie Josèphe Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie, she was born in Trois-Ilets, Martinique in 1763. In 1779, she moved to Europe and married Alexandre François Marie de Beauharnais, who was later beheaded in 1794 during the Reign of Terror. Joséphine de Beauharnais married Napoléon Bonaparte on March 9, 1796 and was crowned Empress of France in 1804 and divorced in 1809. The statue of Empress Josephine was beheaded in 1991, and a few years later spattered with red paint. Josephine is disliked because it is believed that she convinced Napoleon to reinstate slavery in all the French colonies* which he did in 1802. On April 27, 1848 the French government again abolished slavery in all of its colonies. *Slavery was abolished in 1793, but Martinique refused to recognize the abolition decree. On February 4, 1794, the abolition of slavery in all the French colonies was voted into being, but, at that time, Martinique was taken over as an English colony, so the decree was again ignored. This Photochromatic postcard is in good condition. Dormand Post Card. New York. No.27029. Pub. Pierre Milon. Fort de France, Martinique.
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Location: Brooklyn, New York
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Size: Standard (5.5x3.5 in)
Park: La Savane
Empress: Josephine
Reinstatement: Slavery
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Continent: North America
Material: Paper
Theme: Architecture, Art, Park, Sculpture, Countries
Region: Martinique
Country: France
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Features: Multiview, Chrome
Subject: La Savane Park, Empress Josephine Statue
Postage Condition: Unposted
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
City: Fort-de-France,
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Era: Post-War (1945-Now)
Brand/Publisher: Dormand Post Card
Follorique Group: Native Costume
le de La MARTINIQUE: Martinique
Sea: Caribbean
West Indies: Lesser Antilles
Department: Overseas
