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Getting to the remote South Atlantic island where Napoleon died 200 years ago got even harder during the coronavirus pandemic. AP
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This file photo taken on April 1, 2021, shows a bust of French Emperor Napoleon I in the museum dedicated to him at Ile-d Aix where the emperor lived from 8 to 15 July, 1815 before leaving France.
Getting to the remote South Atlantic island where Napoleon died 200 years ago got even harder during the coronavirus pandemic.
So while commemorations of the May 5, 1821 death of the deposed French emperor on British-ruled St Helena are going ahead there, they are not happening with an influx of international visitors that was expected before COVID-19 swept across the world.
200 years: Remote St. Helena island marks Napoleon s death
by Christopher Torchia, The Associated Press
Posted May 5, 2021 5:41 am EDT
Last Updated May 5, 2021 at 5:44 am EDT
Getting to the remote South Atlantic island where Napoleon died 200 years ago got even harder during the coronavirus pandemic.
So while commemorations of the May 5, 1821 death of the deposed French emperor on British-ruled St. Helena are going ahead there, they are not happening with an influx of international visitors that was expected before COVID-19 swept across the world.
The volcanic island of about 4,500 people has not had any confirmed COVID-19 cases, but “we are no longer expecting the cruise ship visitors nor regular air visitors? and the Napoleon commemorations ?will be restricted to local events only,? said Nicole Shamier, chief economist for St. Helena’s government.
200 years: Remote St. Helena island marks Napoleon’s death with Catholic Mass
May 5, 2021 associated press
In this Oct. 15, 2017, file photo, several images of Napoleon Bonaparte are shown in this collection of framed pictures on a wall in the Consulate hotel in Jamestown on St. Helena island in the Atlantic Ocean. Commemorations of the May 5, 1821 death of Napoleon are going ahead on St. Helena, the remote South Atlantic island where the deposed French emperor died in exile. But they are not happening with an influx of international visitors that was expected before COVID-19 swept across the world. While the volcanic island has not had any confirmed COVID-19 cases, reaching it got even harder because of travel restrictions during the pandemic. (Credit: Christopher Torchia/AP.)
2021-05-05 16:20:45 GMT2021-05-06 00:20:45(Beijing Time) Sina English
AFP
This file photo taken on April 1, 2021, shows a bust of French Emperor Napoleon I in the museum dedicated to him at Ile-d Aix where the emperor lived from 8 to 15 July, 1815 before leaving France.
Getting to the remote South Atlantic island where Napoleon died 200 years ago got even harder during the coronavirus pandemic.
So while commemorations of the May 5, 1821 death of the deposed French emperor on British-ruled St Helena are going ahead there, they are not happening with an influx of international visitors that was expected before COVID-19 swept across the world.