Accommodation Details

• Sleeps - 6
• Bathrooms - 1

Area Description

A vast complex, now encompassing four museums and two churches. Les Invalides was established as a lodging and hospital for wounded military veterans in 1670, it once accommodated 7 000 soldiers. Les Invalides is surmounted by the soaring gilt cupola of the Dôme Church and as a building rivals the Louvre in terms of sheer size and Gallic self-assurance. It's also the foremost 17th-century landmark in Paris. Of the museums, probably the most interesting, is the Musée de l'Armée: begun in the 1700s this military museum is perhaps the most impressive and comprehensive of its kind in the world. Naturally, a large portion of its two galleries is devoted to the exploits of the little general from Corsica. You'll see his death mask and stuffed dog and horse here, as well as uniforms, medals and weapons. The rest of the museum is devoted to weapons from the Stone Age through World War II. Other museums in Les Invalides are the Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération; which commemorates the WWII French Resistance movement; and the Musée des Plans-Reliefs which features military maps and models of French towns and forts. The Historical Invalides which proudly holds the remains of a little man named Napoleon with a great big history district is very central and convenient. A quiet area but tasty and definitely central: The rue Grenelle and rue Saint Dominique are full of french shops (wine, cheese, french bread) and all kind of commodities (supermarket, laundry, post office, etc) including a pieace of the french way of life with the well known rue clerc's french market.


Nearest tube
La Tour-Maubourg (line 8)