Invalids Home
One of the most impressive building complexes in Paris is located in the 7th arrondissement near the Invalides and École Militaire metro stations, the disabled home. It was built in 1670 on behalf of King Louis XIV to accommodate war invalids. It was designed by the architects Libéral Bruant and Jules Hardouin-Mansart. If this historical monument has been able to serve as a hospital and hospice to this day, it now also houses several exhibition venues such as the Army Museum, the Museum of Bas-Reliefs and the Museum of the Order of Freedom. The Army Museum, which is devoted to French and European military history, also shows an important collection of old weapons and armor, a section dedicated to the two world wars and a historial explains the life and work of General De Gaulle.
The majestic cathedral, open to visitors, now a military pantheon, houses the impressive tomb of Napoleon I, a work of Louis Visconti, and the tombs of Vauban, Foch, Lyautey and Turenne under its beautiful golden dome. The Saint-Louis cathedral in the classic style, also known as the Church of the Soldiers, which stands next to it, is now the cathedral of the French armies.
On the Seine side, in front of the north facade of the Invalidenheim, extends the beautiful Esplanade der Invaliden, a park with large meadows, which was created in the 18th century.
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