Invalides / Arc de Triomphe

Invalides / Arc de TriompheIt is the Hôtel National des Invalides. In 1670, Louis XIV - the Sun King - founded Les Invalides near what was then called the Grenelle Plain. The first stones were laid in 1671 and was completed in 1676. Construction of the dome began in 1706 and completed in 1708. On 3 April 1861, the body of Napoléon I was stored in the crypt under de dome after British government returned his remains 19 years after the death of the Emperor This is the view from Pont (bridge) Alexander III, Arc de Triomphe. Commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon, shortly after his victory at Austerlitz, it was not finished until 1836. It's huge. Engraved around the top of the Arch are the names of major victories won during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. Engraved around the top of the Arch are the names of major victories won during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. Arc de Triomph is the junction of 14 lines of streets, including Avenue des Champs Elysée. Avenue des Champs Elysée, starts from Arc de Triomphe. Quoted as the most beautiful avenue in the world. I cannot convince you just by pictures and words. You have got to experience it by yourself. Musée du Louvre

	It is the Hôtel National des Invalides. In 1670, Louis XIV - the Sun King - founded Les Invalides near what was then called the Grenelle Plain. The first stones were laid in 1671 and was completed in 1676. Construction of the dome began in 1706 and completed in 1708. On 3 April 1861, the body of Napoléon I was stored in the crypt under de dome after British government returned his remains 19 years after the death of the Emperor This is the view from Pont (bridge) Alexander III,
Arc de Triomphe. Commissioned in 1806 by Napoleon, shortly after his victory at Austerlitz, it was not finished until 1836. It's huge. Engraved around the top of the Arch are the names of major victories won during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods.
	Engraved around the top of the Arch are the names of major victories won during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. Arc de Triomph is the junction of 14 lines of streets, including Avenue des Champs Elysée.
Avenue des Champs Elysée, starts from Arc de Triomphe. Quoted as the most beautiful avenue in the world. I cannot convince you just by pictures and words. You have got to experience it by yourself.