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Les Invalides
Louis XIV's home for old soldiers, under a golden dome that shelters the tomb of Napoleon, with a great army museum.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 2 hours
- Address
- 129 Rue de Grenelle, 75007 ParisDirections
- Getting There
- La Tour-Maubourg or Varenne station, or Invalides (RER C).
Why Go
Built in the 1670s for wounded veterans, the complex is crowned by the gilded Dôme church, where Napoleon lies in a huge red stone tomb.
The Army Museum covers French military history from medieval armor to the Second World War.
Nearby in Paris
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