Les Invalides

The Église du Dôme, with its piercing gold spire, is the crowning glory of <a href="http://www.awin1.com/cread.php?awinaffid=306915&amp;awinmid=7038&amp;p=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.viator.com%2FParis-attractions%2FLes-Invalides%2Fd479-a574" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Les Invalides</a>, a former military hospital and retirement home commissioned by Louis XIV in 1670 and finished in 1708. The complex of 15 interconnected courtyards now hosts a military museum as well as the tomb of Napoleon. It also marks the western boundary of the plush <a href="https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/paris/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-faubourg-saint-germain-in-paris/">Faubourg Saint-Germain</a>.

Les Invalides  - Dome des Invalides, tomb of Napoleon I, Paris, France

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