Description:
- This vast complex was founded in 1675, at Louis XIV's request, to take in French ex-servicemen and handicapped war veterans - from whom it gets its name, "Invalides". It was the first French hospital-cum-home to be built entirely for soldiers. The building is adorned with a pretty classical façade, a delightful little garden, a large courtyard and an impressive esplanade. As well as the hospital - in which a hundred or so disabled ex-servicemen are still cared for - the complex also houses the église du Dôme, Saint-Louis des Invalides, the Musée de l'Armée, the Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération and the Musée des Plans-Relief.
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Awards:
Frommer's
- Very Highly Recommended 2010
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: +33 1 4442 3375
- fax: +33 1 4442 3764
- send email
Address:
- 129 rue de Grenelle
- Place des Invalides, 7e
- Paris 75007
Hours:
- Oct-Mar daily 10am-5pm (5:30pm on Sun); Apr-Sept daily 10am-6pm (6:30pm on Sun); Jul-Aug daily 10am-6:45pm (Napoleon's Tomb only)
Strenuousness:
- Easy
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