Hotel des Invalides was built between 1670 - 1676 by King Louis XIV as a residence for sick and injured soldiers.
Today, the complex of buildings designed by the architect Libéral Bruant, contain monuments, museums and mausoleums relating to French military history.
The complex is easily recognisable on the Parisian skyline because of the 107 meter high (351 ft) gold gilded baroque dome that sits on top of the Hotel des Invalides' Royal Chapel, designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart.
The Royal Chapel is now a mausoleum visited by tourists who flock to see the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte, whose remains where interned here in 1861. The church also contains the tombs of some of Napoleon's family, as well as other French military leaders and war heroes.
Hotel des Invalides is home to several museums including Musée De L'armeé, Musée des Plans-Reliefs & History of Charles de Gaulle
Prices
8.50 Euro for access to all museums and Napoleon's Tomb
Opening Times
Daily
1 Oct - 31 Mar: 10am to 5pm
1 Apr - 30 Sep: 10am to 6pm
Closed the first Monday of every month, and 1 Jan , 1 May, 1 Nov, 25 Dec.
Address
Hotel des Invalides
Esplanade des Invalides
75007 Paris
Tel: 0810 11 33 99
How to Get There
RER: Invalides - line C
Metro: Line 8, Latour-Maubourg or Invalides
Metro: Line 13 Saint-François-Xavier or Invalides or Varenne
External Links
Offical Site
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