Southwest Experts: Solférino, Sébastopol… who do we owe these village names to?

In 1857, he began by transforming the Landes landscape by promoting the systematic planting of pine trees, in order to eliminate subsistence pastoralism in favor of a real industry.

Napoleon purchased 8,000 hectares of land to create an imperial estate, intended to experiment with agricultural techniques. The Solferino estate was born in memory of the emperor's great victory in Italy against Austrian troops.