“FRANCE PLANS ‘NAPOLEONLAND.'” Continuing a theme from the previous link.

“Napoleonland”, the brainchild of former French minister and history buff Yves Jégo, is being touted as a rival to Disneyland – assuming, that is, it can gather the £180 million needed to leave the drawing board. …

Other curious potential attractions include a ski run through a battlefield “surrounded by the frozen bodies of soldiers and horses” and a recreation of Louis XVI being guillotined during the revolution – the precursor to Napoleon’s rise to power.

“It’s going to be fun for the family,” he Mr Jégo told the Times.

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