The Second French Empire was the government of France from 1852 to 1870, led by <a href="/article/napoleon-iii">Emperor Napoleon III</a>. It was a period of significant modernization, economic growth, and urban renewal, particularly in Paris, alongside an ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful foreign policy that ended with the <a href="/article/franco-prussian-war">Franco-Prussian War</a>.
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