Les Invalides formally the Hôtel national des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids), is a complex of museums and historical buildings in Paris, France. The Les Invalides complex contains numerous museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building’s original purpose.
The Les Invalides complex houses:
- Musée de l’Armée, the military museum of the Army of France
- Musée des Plans-Reliefs
- Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine
- The Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides
- Dôme des Invalides, a large church, the tallest in Paris
- Tomb of Napoleon.
Highlights of Les Invalides
- Tomb of Napoleon
- Musée de l’Armée
- Musée des Plans-Reliefs
Les Invalides
- Name: Les Invalides
- City: Paris
- Country: France
- Created: 1862
- Type: Museums and monuments complex
- Address: Rond-Point du Bleuet de France, 75007 Paris, France
A Tour of the Museums in Paris
- The Louvre
- Musée National du Moyen Age – Thermes De Cluny (National Museum of Medieval Art)
- Musée d’Orsay
- Musée Rodin
- Paris Museums
- Musée Carnavalet
- National Archaeological Museum, France
- Les Invalides
- Musée Marmottan Monet
A Tour of European Museums
- France Museums
- Italy Museums
- Greece Museums
- Germany Museums
- Austria Museums
- Ireland Museums
- Netherlands Museums
- Spain Museums
- Belgium Museums
- Serbia Museums
- Poland Museums
- Switzerland Museums
- Czech Museums
- Norway Museums
- Sweden Museums
- Hungary Museums
- Portugal Museums
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