The Musée Napoléon or La Maison de l’Empereur – the emperor’s home – is one of island’s big attractions. Napoleon I had it constructed so he had a residence worthy of his status, and it was from here that he surrendered to the English so it became his last place of residence on French soil. In 1926 it was bought by Baron Napoleon Gourgaud and restored, and today under the watchful eye of his descendents it is museum on Napoleonic history. His bedroom remains as it was during his lifetime.