Mausoleum of the imperial prince

This monument had originally been erected in Paris at the Champs de Mars. In 1912, Empress Eugènie decided to buy a plot of land int the park of Malmaison and to rebuild the monument there.
The war of 1914 delayed the works. Finally, in 1924, prince Napoleon donated the monument and the land to the State.

Jean Bourguignon, the curator of the Château de Malmaison at the time, suggested placing a bronze replica of the famous statue of Carpeaux representing the Prince Imperial and his dog Nero at the centre of the monument, and the beautiful prayer which the young prince had written and was found in his devotional book was also engraved on a plaque.

The monument deteriorated quickly and in 1937, a new construction was undertaken un the same style, the eight Corinthian culumns being replaced with four columns of rose coloured marble from the Court of Auditors which was burned down under the Commune.