Napoleon Road, France

Route Napoléon is the route taken by Napoléon in 1815 on his return from Elba. It begins at Golfe-Juan, where Napoleon arrived on March 1st, 1815, beginning the Hundred Days that ended at Waterloo. The road was inaugurated in 1932, and leads from the French Riviera to the southern Pre-Alps. It is marked along the way by statues of the flying eagle symbol.