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	Invalides - France.com
		Les Invalides in Paris, France consists of a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement, now containing museums and monuments, all relating to France's military history, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.
		To the north the courtyard (cour d'honneur), is extended by a wide public esplanade (Esplanade des Invalides) where the embassies of Austria and Finland are neighbors of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all forming one of the grand open spaces in the heart of Paris.
		The Hôpital des Invalides spurred William III of England to emulation, in the military Greenwich Hospital of 1694.
	www.france.com /docs/552.html (0 words)

	Invalides
		From the north front of Les Invalides, the dome of the church dominates the long façade of 200 meters, 220 yards, and seems to be part of the same building, yet there is a courtyard, the Cour d'Honneur, over 100 meters long separating them (see the photo at the top of page).
		On the north side of Hôtel des Invalides is the expansive Esplanande des Invalides.
		Bordering the Eglise du Dôme in the south-west corner of the grounds Hotel des Invalides is the Jardin de l'Intendant, Garden of the Steward.
	www.paris-walking-tours.com /invalides.html (936 words)

	Les Invalides - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The church at Les Invalides, with its dome
		The architect of Les Invalides was Libéral Bruant.
		The most notable tomb at Les Invalides is that of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) in the crypt under Mansart's dome.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Invalides (871 words)

	The Hector Berlioz Website - Berlioz in Paris Saint-Louis des Invalides
		The Hôtel des Invalides was built between 1671 and 1706 on the instructions of Louis XIV who wanted to found an institution for the care of wounded and retired soldiers and officers.
		At the end of the XIXth century, after the transfer of Napoleon’s remains, the Invalides were divided into two parts: the dome on one side, and on the other the rest of the church.
		It was at the church of the Invalides that took place the first performance of the Grande Messe des Morts (the Requiem) on 5 December 1837, under the direction of Habeneck.
	www.hberlioz.com /Paris/BPInvalides.html (0 words)

	Invalides
		The war minister, Louvois, was entrusted with the project, and he chose the architect Libéral Bruant for the construction of the hotel, the design of which is a reminder of the Escorial palace by Philippe II (Spain).
		This project was part of the social and charitable trend of the 17th century, and the Hôtel des Invalides became an exemple to follow for many other European countries.
		The Church Saint Louis des Invalides, the vault of which was decorated with the military trophies of France, houses the governors crypt, where many governors of the Invalides, marshals of France and great military leaders lie.
	www.invalides.org /pages/anglais/historique_a.html (0 words)

	Paris - Hotel des Invalides
		he Invalides were created under Louis XIV to come to the aid of old soldiers who had been forced into either panhandling or subsiding on church charity.
		So the institution of the Invalides was created in 1670 and quickly became home to a number of wounded soldiers.
		The Church of St-Louis des Invalides, whose construction predates the dome, is Hardouin-Mansart's work as well, and many flags stolen from the enemy were hung here as decoration.
	www.pariserve.tm.fr /English/paris/Invalides/hotel-invalides.htm (136 words)

	St. Louis des Invalides - Jules Hardouin Mansart - Great Buildings Online
		"Les Invalides, Paris, was initially designed by Libéral Bruant (1635-97) as a hospital for disabled army veterans and completed by 1677.
		In 1680 J.H. Mansart produced the final design for the Dome des Invalides, a Greek cross inscribed in a square with an attached circular presbytery.
		It differs from its model, S. Peter's in Rome (q.v.), in its adoption of a circular crossing with vast free-standing columns and diagonal passages to the corner chapels.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/St_Louis_des_Invalides.html (247 words)

	Les Invalides, Attractions of Paris, France
		Les Invalides in Paris, France consists of a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement, now containing museums and monuments, all relating to France's military history, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.
		On the north front of Les Invalides Hardouin-Mansart's chapel dome is large enough to dominate the long facade yet harmonizes with Libéral Bruant's door under an arched pediment.
		The Hôpital des Invalides spurred William III of England to emulation, in the military Greenwich Hospital of 1694.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /France/france-interest-paris-invalides.html (962 words)

	Paris: culture, students, travel information, tips, Paris (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A vast complex, now encompassing four museums and two churches, Les Invalides was established as a lodging and hospital for wound military veterans in 1670; it once accommodated 7,000 soldiers.
		Les Invalides is surmounted by the soaring gilt cupola of the Dôme Church, and as a building rivals the Louvre in terms of sheer size and Gallic self-assurance; it's also the foremost 17th-century landmark in Paris.
		As a collection of sarcophagi, Les Invalides has few equals, and the entire building is an oddly riveting monument to grandiloquence.
	www.franceway.com /w3/Travel/paris/Sightseeing/monuments/invalides.htm (365 words)

	Les Invalides : Paris : Napoleon Bonaparte : Tomb : Burial Place
		Les Invalides features heavily in the storming of the Bastille as its store of 28,000 weapons was stolen by the mob that attacked the fortress on 14 July 1789.
		The funeral procession moved from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Elysées, across the Place de la Concorde to the Esplanade and then to St Jerome's Chapel where his body lay until his final tomb was completed in 1861.
		Nearby is the Hôtel des Invalides, founded by Louis XIV to look after old soldiers and this includes the Church of Saint Louis.
	www.napoleonguide.com /tours_lesinv.htm (239 words)

	A digest on the Invalides military hospital in Paris illustrated with pictures by Paris Digest, the Paris Internet city ...
		In 1670, he decided to build the Invalides, a military hospital on the Seine river left banks.
		The Invalides can also be reached from the Champs-Elysées by crossing the Alexandre III bridge and walking across the esplanade des Invalides.
		The Invalides are open from 10am to 5pm, 6pm from April to September.
	www.parisdigest.com /monument/invalides.htm (0 words)

	hotel near Invalides : Near Grand Hotel Leveque - Activities Attractions and Monuments
		Please come and appreciate the REAL PARIS, in an area which is full of life and very welcoming, you are in an exceptional location, close to the EIFFEL TOWER and to the CHAMPS ELYSEES.
		You'll stay at the hotel near Invalides, near Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees and all the monuments of Paris.
		Your hotel (Leveque) near Invalides, near eiffel tower, and near all the monuments of paris will be the central point of your stay.
	www.hotel-leveque.com /hotel/HL_hotel_near_Invalides.php (248 words)

	Paris MYSTERIOUS - Les Invalides - Napoleon - Musee de l'Armee - Description and history
		The Esplanade des Invalides strikes due south from Pont Alexandre III and provides a functional 500 m of grassy area, intersected by roads and edged by trees and boules terrain.
		The wide façade of the Hotel des Invalides, topped by its distinctive dome, resplendent with gilding, fills the whole of the further end of the Esplanade.
		It was built on the orders of Louis XIV as a home for wounded soldiers, and part of the building is still used for this.
	www.parisbestlodge.com /invalides.html (311 words)

	Paris Pages; Les Invalides - Monument
		An old soldiers home, it was funded by a five year levy on the salaries of soldiers currently serving in the army at that time.
		Many of the arms used by the mob when it attacked the Bastille on 14 July 1789 were taken from Les Invalide on the morning of that day.
		The most significant event in the history of Les Invalides however, is unquestionably the return of the body of Napoléon in 1840.
	www.paris.org /Musees/Invalides (0 words)

	Invalides- Paris, France - VirtualTourist.com
		Hotel Les Invalides was originally built by King Louis XIV (the Sun King) to look after the wounded and homeless soldiers (it was also a monument to his own glory).
		Les Invalides is a large complex, containing the Musee de l'Armee, the Hotel des Invalides, and the Dome Church, all of which we visited.
		The Hotel des Invalides was originally constructed as a hospital for wounded soldiers.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/France/Ile_de_France/Paris-99080/Things_To_Do-Paris-Invalides-BR-1.html (1182 words)

	Paris Travel Guide - Best Places to Visit in Paris - Invalides
		The Invalides neighborhood merges with the Eiffel Tower area on the west and Saint-Germain on the East.
		The Invalides is a complex of buildings that include several museums and L'eglise de St. Louis des Invalides.
		The St Louis des Invalides Church houses the sarcophagus and remains of Napoleon I. Although the sarcophagus appears to be finely made of cherry when viewed from the gallery, it is red granite.
	www.thereareplaces.com /Guidebook/pdest/frprptsc.htm (443 words)

	Guide on Paris Musee des Invalides
		The most famous of the four museums housed in the Hôtel National des Invalides, the Army Museum displays a complete collection of military history and war art.
		It’s in 1671 that Louis XIV decides the construction of a “hotel-barrack” for war invalids.
		The wrought-iron access gate opens a view on flower-beds towards the hotel des Invalides with its dome and the church Saint-Louis.
	www.apartexchange.com /Guide_paris7invalides.htm (472 words)

	Pete's Hotel des Invalides Pictures and Information
		Immediately beneath the cupola is a red porphyry sarcophagus that covers the six coffins enclosing the body of Napoleon I, which was returned from Saint-Helena in 1840 through the efforts of King Louis-Philippe.
		Napoleons uniforms, personal arms, and death bed are displayed in the Musée de l'Armée (Army Museum) at the front of the Invalides.
		In the front of the building the grassy, tree-lined Esplanade des Invalides slopes for 1,410 feet to the Quai d'Orsay and the Pont Alexandre III.
	www.zpinaddict.com /parishtm/invalide.htm (502 words)

	BW Tour Eiffel Timhotel Invalides - 35 Boulevard de la-Tour-Maubourg, Paris, 75007
		Take the Orlyval to Antony station and then RER B. Stop at Châtelet-Les Halles and take the underground line 8 and get off at La Tour-Maubourg stop.
		From the circular road exit "Porte Maillot" - in the direction to Les Invalides.
		When you arrive to the Place de l'Etoile follow to Les Invalides, and you arrive directly to de la-Tour-Maubourg Street.
	www.parisby.com /invalides/pages/reach.htm (148 words)

	The Invalides - Paris Invalides
		In 1670, founded a hospital for his invalid soldiers, the King Louis XIV adopted plans by Liberal Bruant and the work started in 1671 and was finished in 1676.
		The Esplanade leads from the Quai d'Orsay through a formal garden to the the majestic facade of Les Invalides.
		Today, Les Invalides is a museum, monument and is used for military purposes.
	www.paris-tourisme.com /places/invalides (341 words)

	Des Invalides
		In order to see all of those little exhibitions, you should spend the whole day in this particular place if you are into the Army and history of Army.
		This is inner yard in Hotel Des Invalides.
		Those clocks are located in inner yard of Hotel Des Invalides.
	www.angelfire.com /il/semenyuk/Invalid.html (128 words)

	Hotel des Invalides - Find out why this Paris tourist attraction isn't worth a visit
		The Hotel des Invalides was built in 1670 by Louis XIV as a home for injured war veterans (hence “invalides”).
		If you’re happy to watch it from a distance, you can’t miss it, because the massive gold dome of the Hotel des Invalides is a landmark seen from almost any viewpoint in the city.
		Les Invalides is not only impressive architecturally, but the displays are extraordinarily moving.
	www.parismont.com /112/hotel-des-invalides (614 words)

	invalides paris - pictures and reviews
		Les Invalides proudly holds the remains of a little man named Napoleon with a great big history.
		My favorite cemeterie in all of Paris is Passy, a peaceful, quaint refuge underneath the Eiffel Tower, where birds are chirping and old graves lay covered in simple coats of moss and chipped iron, you can almost feel the restful sleep of those who reside within its walls.
		The river Seine dissects this area, much of which is built on a monumental scale, from the imposing 18th century buildings of les Invalides to the Art Nouveau Avenues surrounding the Effeil Tower.
	www.invalides-paris.com (0 words)

	index
		111.394 actes d'hommes ayant participés à des guerres, quel que soit le grade, nés en France et autres pays européens, reçus à l'hôtel des Invalides* à Paris entre 1673 et 1796.
		Les actes sont recopiés intégralement d'après les 39 registres découverts il y a une trentaine d'années dans les greniers de l'Hôtel des Invalides à Paris aujourd'hui Musée de l'Armée.
		Historique des militaires à l'Hôtel des Invalides et bibliographie
	www.geneactes.org /hoteldesinvalides (0 words)

	Hotel Paris Eiffel Segur, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Unesco (Official Web site)
		Hotel Paris Eiffel Segur, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, Unesco (Official Web site)
		You have the Eiffel Tower, Invalides and Unesco within walking distance.
		By metro you are only a few stops from Montparnasse, St Germain des Pres, Notre Dame, Bon Marché, Champs Elysees and you have easy access by bus to the Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles.
	www.paris-hotel-eiffel-segur.com (0 words)

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