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The Hôtel des Invalides (English: "house of invalids" ), commonly called Les Invalides ( French pronunciation: [lezɛ̃valid] ), is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and an Old Soldiers' retirement home, the buil...
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Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne (11...
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The Governor of Les Invalides (French: Gouverneur des...
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Les Invalides is a landmark in Paris, France. It was built between 1670 and 1676 as a place for retirement of French war veterans. It consists of several buildings. It was also used as a burial place for French marshals and generals. Les Invalides is best known for housing the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte.
L' hôtel des Invalides est un ensemble architectural parisien situé dans le 7 e arrondissement 2, dont la construction remonte au XVIIe siècle. Elle a en effet été ordonnée par Louis XIV le 24 février 1670 3 dans le but d'accueillir les soldats invalides de ses armées.
Aug 28, 2019 · Housing the Army Museum, a former infirmary and the Tomb of Napoleon I, Les Invalides is an essential site for anyone interested in French military history.
- Courtney Traub
- 75007 Paris, France
Napoleon's tomb (French: tombeau de Napoléon) is the monument erected at Les Invalides in Paris to keep the remains of Napoleon following their repatriation to France from Saint Helena in 1840, or retour des cendres, at the initiative of King Louis Philippe I and his minister Adolphe Thiers.
The Military Museum (whose director is officially “the “Keeper of the Emperor’s tomb”!) is housed in one wing of the Invalides. It was opened in 1905 and combined the Artillery Museum and the Historical Military Museum. It is France’s greatest military museum and one of the biggest in the world.
The Governor of Les Invalides (French: Gouverneur des Invalides) is a French military personality and figure, named by the French Government (French: Le Gouvernement Français) to direct the institution of the Hôtel des Invalides (French: Hôtel des Invalides) of Paris.
