Il Canale di Suez nella diatriba nazionalistica e localistico-patriottica sui diritti d’autore
Journal: RÖMISCHE HISTORISCHE MITTEILUNGEN
Year: 2025

Ferdinand de Lesseps and France made a decisive contribution to the piercing of Suez’s isthmus and the Suez Canal’s construction. Lesseps was the driving force be-hind the private joint-stock company Compagnie universelle du canal maritime de Suez, which built the canal from 1858–1869. Although France was not involved in the canal's construction as a State, the headquarters of the joint-stock company was located in France, the French capital was important, and Emperor Napoleon III supported the