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CHAMPS-ELYSEES
CHAILLOT TUILERIES
QUARTER QUARTER
S e i n e
INVALIDES
AND EIFFEL
TOWER
QUARTER
6 Hôtel des Invalides Locator Map
After the two World Wars, Louis XIV’s Hôtel See Central Paris Map pp16–17
was returned to its original use
as a hospital for veterans.
PL DES INV ALIDES
Key
Suggested route
Metro Varenne
R U E D E G R E N E L L E

The Invalides gardens were designed by
S de Cotte in 1704 and are lined by bronze
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D cannons from the 17th and 18th centuries.
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V 5 Musées des Plans-Reliefs
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I This museum contains military models

S of forts and towns, as well as a display
E on model-making.
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7. Musée Rodin
By the time he died
in 1917, Auguste
Rodin had revolu-
tionized the art of
sculpture. All his
key works, including
The Thinker (c.1880),
are on display.
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The Cour d’Honneur is still used
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for military parades. Seurre’s statue
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of Napoleon, known as the Little
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Corporal, stands above the south side.
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1. Dôme des Invalides and Napoleon’s Tomb
The Dôme took 27 years to build. In the crypt lies
Napoleon, whose final wish was to have his ashes
“rest on the banks of the Seine” .
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