The Hôtel des invalides, a royal destination in Paris

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 The Hôtel national des Invalides (The National residence of the Invalids) really

is a wonderful royal destination located in the 7th. arrondissement of Paris in
France. 

It contains museums and monuments all relating to the military history of 
France as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans. 

Les Invalides also has a Dôme, which is a large church - the tallest of Paris - 
with the tombs of France's war heroes, the most well-known of them is
of course Napoleon Bonaparte. 

Les Invalides also has an amazing royal history, which I will explain in the
next chapter.







Some royal history


On 24 November 1670, King Louis XIV of France gave the order to build a
hospital and a home for aged and unwell soldiers. 

The architect of Les Invalides was Libéral Bruant and the selected location 
was in the suburban plain of Grenelle. Later they fell that the veterans 
needed a chapel. Jules Hardouin-Mansart assisted the then aged Bruant 
and the chapel was finished in 1679. 

On 14 July 1789, Les Invalides was stormed by Parisian rioters who seized
the cannons and muskets stored in its cellars to use them against the
Bastille later on the same day. 

In 1840, King Louis-Philippe of the French ordered the burial of the body
of Napoleon Bonaparte, who died on 5 May 1821 at St. Helena. 

In 1872 the Musée d' Artillerie was located within the building to be joined
by the Musée historique des armées in 1896. These two institutions were
merged in one. 

The most famous place of Les Invalides is of course the Dôme, which was
destinated to become Napoleon's funeral place. This Dôme was inspired
by the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the original for all baroque domes. 

Several members of the Bonaparte family also are buried at Les Invalides
inter alia: Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844) and Jérôme Bonaparte (1784-1860).

The author of France's national anthem "La Marseillaise', Claude Joseph
Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836) also was buried there. 




Les Invalides


I had the chance to visit Paris and Les Invalides in 2017. It was nice that
the royal history of The Hôtel des Invalides started with a fantastic idea
of King Louis XIV of France to house and to take care of his older 
soldiers. I really like the way that history is preserved although I'm not a big 
advocate for War Museums.

 



own pictures taken in 2017

Location: Parijs, Frankrijk

Comments

royalfanvivian said…
Wat mooi! Wist niet eens dat daar zoveel kanonnen staan.
October 29, 2020 at 7:50 PM
Kathleen Van Lierop said…
Bedankt voor je reactie! Ja, is ook een 'leger' museum. Komt voor mij wel een beetje bedreigend over :-)
October 29, 2020 at 7:56 PM
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