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The art looting carried out by the Napoleonic troops and the government of Joseph Bonaparte —imposed by his brother Napoleon— during the Peninsular War (1808–1814) was the most important cultural plunder suffered by Spain.[1]

  1. ^ Grégoire, Henri (1794). Rapport sur les destructions opérées par le vandalisme, et sur les moyens de le réprimer (in French). [Paris] : De l'Imprimerie nationale.

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Napoleonic looting of art in Spain

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The art looting carried out by the Napoleonic troops and the government of Joseph Bonaparte —imposed by his brother Napoleon— during the Peninsular War...

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Napoleonic looting of art

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List of art looted by Napoleonic armies

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Nazi plunder

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Miraflores Altarpiece

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timber in the early 1420s. The Altarpiece was stolen by General Darmagnac during the Peninsular War, as a part of the Napoleonic looting of art in Spain. The...

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Peninsular War

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Lost artworks

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Napoleon

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The Wedding at Cana

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of the Napoleonic looting of the painting from Italy in 1797, a full-sized (6.77 m x 9.94 m) computer-generated (1,591 files), digital facsimile of The...

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Sicilian revolution of 1848

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documents, paintings, pieces of fine art, and books that had been looted from the archives, palaces, churches and cathedrals of Spain. The most complex topic...

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Rothschild family

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Palace of the Dukes of Alba

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palace suffered damage during the Napoleonic wars and the Spanish Civil War. The interior was burned down and looted, however, the exterior remained without...

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Rokeby Venus

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Louvre

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