Les Invalides facts for kids
Les Invalides is a landmark in Paris, France. It was built between 1670 and 1676 as a place for retirement of French war veterans. It consists of several buildings. It was also used as a burial place for French marshals and generals. Les Invalides is best known for housing the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte. Nowadays, the complex houses the Museum of Arms, the Museum of Contemporary History, and the Museum of Plains-Reliefs.
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Napoleon I visiting the infirmary of Les Invalides
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According to an old tradition, war trophies decorate the vault of the chapel of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides

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