The H么tel des invalides, a royal destination in Paris
The H么tel 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 D么me, 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 Lib茅ral 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