We stopped by Invalides, which used to be a hospital/retirement home for the cities war veterans, but is now has museums and monuments, all pertaining to the military history of France, and is most famously known as the resting place of Napoleon.
Huge doors to Napoleon's entrance of the church/dome and where he is buried.
That's Napoleon in the red coffin, which I think is something like 5 layers thick, in the fashion of the Egyptians. There's no getting through that thing...
The dome inside Invalides, which apparently when Louis XIV saw, said that it was too high, so they built another lower dome within it and then repainted the ceiling.
The alter thing for Napoleon. I'm not exactly sure what everything is because we didn't take the audiotour and that didn't have sign anywhere. And it was under intense renovation.
Mom, chilling with a knight.
Mom, chilling with a knight.
Three barrel guns, for when you're really in the massacring mood.
A small knight suit. For a child, I think?
I'm pretty sure that this armor stuff was from Asia.
Armory.
This statue is entitled "Vive la France!"
View of the courtyard at Invalides
This is kind of a bad picture due to the scaffolding, but you get to see the dome of the church better than in any of my other pictures.
I'm pretty sure that this armor stuff was from Asia.
Armory.
This statue is entitled "Vive la France!"
View of the courtyard at Invalides
This is kind of a bad picture due to the scaffolding, but you get to see the dome of the church better than in any of my other pictures.
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