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The building houses several
13 " ' museums, including the Musée
Hôtel des Invalides de l’Armée, one of the most
comprehensive museums of
 D4 ⌂ 6 bd des Invalides military history in the world.
75007 q La Tour Maubourg,
Invalides, Varenne One exhibition features on
W Invalides # Hours vary, France’s victories and defeats.
check website ∑ musee- Also on display here are
Francois I’s ivory hunting
EXPERIENCE Paris: Champs-Élysées and Invalides in 1670 to be a home for his Louis­des­Invalides, also built exhibited here. Some of his
armee.fr
horns and a model of the
1944 Normany landing.
This impressive building, with
its harmonious Classical façade, On the south side of the
was commissioned by Louis XIV complex is the cathedral of St­
from 1679 to 1708 by Hardouin­
wounded and homeless vet­
Auguste Rodin’s haunting
erans. Designed by Libéral
Mansart, to Bruand’s design.
The stark Neo­Classical interior
sculpture The Three
Bruand, it was com pleted in
has a 17th­century organ, on
1676 by Baroque master archi­
Shades at the Musée Rodin
tect Jules Hardouin­Mansart.
which the first performance of
Berlioz’s Requiem was given on
He later incorporated the
5 December 1837.
Église du Dôme (p127), with its
most celebrated sculptures are
golden roof, which was built
on display in the garden: The
to serve as Louis XIV’s private
chapel. Nearly 6,000 soldiers
Thinker, The Gates of Hell and
14 " - =
once filled the building’s halls;
Musée Rodin
span Rodin’s entire career,
today there are fewer than
including The Kiss and Eve.
100 who live here.
 D4 ⌂ 77 rue de Varenne
75007 q Varenne, Invalides
W Invalides # 10am–5:45pm Balzac. Indoors, the exhibits
Tue–Sun ¢ 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 15
Dec ∑ musee-rodin.fr École Militaire
Auguste Rodin (1840–1917),  C5 ⌂ 1/21 pl Joffre 75007
regarded as one of the greatest § 01 80 50 14 00 q École-
French sculptors, lived and Militaire # During
worked in the Hôtel Biron, an European Heritage Days
elegant 18th­century mansion, in September
from 1908 until his death. In
return for a state­owned flat The Royal Military Academy
and studio, Rodin left his work was founded in 1751 to educate
to the nation, and it is now 500 sons of impo verished
The splendid Hôtel des
Invalides seen from
Pont Alexandre III

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