The southernmost portion of the Hôtel des Invalides complex is a desacralized royal chapel: le dôme des Invalides. Adjacent to the north is the Cathédral Saint-Louis-des-Invalides. Under the dome of the royal chapel is the tomb of Napoléon Bonaparte, a popular tourist attraction.
A group of tourists prepares to enter the dôme des Invalides. Digitized color slide, Spring 2001.
I had visited the tomb back in the early 1980s, so I felt no need to go into the church on this trip. I just snapped a few shots outside the entrance.
I haven't been inside the Invalides since August 1981!
ReplyDeleteCan’t remember when I saw the Invalides that close! Good photo.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo. I really enjoy all the statues in les Invalides.
ReplyDeleteOn my very first trip to Paris, back somewhere around the Bronze Age, i was very proud of myself for getting into a taxi and telling the driver to take me to Les Invalides. No idea now why, but he understood me and we got there quite promptly.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know Mr. Bonaparte was buried there. I thought he had been dumped off of Elba, so what do I know.
ReplyDeleteI am very curious to know how NB is thought of in France - hero? villain? Putin/Trump character?
judy, pretty much the same for me!
ReplyDeletechm, thanks!
bettyann, there are a lot to enjoy!
emm, bronze age... LOL!
michael, his body was repatriated at some point. He's certainly well-known, but I think it's not quite politically correct to celebrate him too much.
So helpful to have photos with people out front. I wouldn't appreciate the massiveness.
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