Adorate le stelle che non passano mai. Napoleone e Murat a Bologna

On Saturday, May 30, 2026, the Museo del Risorgimento in Bologna presents Adorate le stelle che non passano mai. Napoleone e Murat a Bologna, an unmissable walking tour to witness the meeting between the Emperor of the French and the King of Naples, retracing events and figures from Napoleonic Bologna.

The event is organised by 8cento APS, with the historical groups Les Grognards de l’Armée de l’Italie, Maison Civile et Militaire Joachim Murat, 51ème Régiment d’Infanterie de Ligne, and the extraordinary participation from France of the historical re-enactor portraying Joachim Murat.

Featuring Roberto Colla (Napoleon Bonaparte), Maria Cristina Preti (Joséphine Bonaparte), Nicolas Fermeaux (Joachim Murat), Fabienne Huet (Caroline Bonaparte).

Historical consultancy by Mirtide Gavelli.

Special guest of the re-enactment: Prince Joachim Murat, heir of Prince Joachim Murat.

Programme:

• Afternoon session (50 places available)
  3:30 pm: meeting point at Ingresso Piangoloni
  4:00 pm: beginning of the route (Giuseppe Grabinski, Loggia di Levante; Murat Monument, Sala del Colombario; Women’s Salon, Chiostro delle Madonne; Pantheon)
  5:30 pm: conclusion with a photo shooting together with Napoleon and Murat at the Pantheon

• Evening session (four groups of 50 people each)
  7:30 pm: meeting point at Ingresso Piangoloni and formation of the four groups
  8:00 pm: arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte
  8:15 pm: arrival of Joachim Murat
  8:30 pm: groups move simultaneously through the 4 stops: Murat Monument, Sala del Colombario; Giuseppe Grabinski, Loggia di Levante; Women’s Salon, Chiostro delle Madonne; Pantheon
  10:00 pm: conclusion with a photo shooting together with Napoleon and Murat at the Pantheon
  Each group will be accompanied by historical re-enactors in period costume.

The event is organised in partnership with the Civic Museum of the Risorgimento and with the collaboration of the Association Friends of the Certosa of Bologna and Commentariolvm, a university group dedicated to historical dissemination.