Les Invalides
The Hôtel des Invalides, commonly called Les Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and an old soldiers' retirement home, the building's original purpose.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: building complex in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Hotel des Invalides”, “Hôtel des Invalides”, “Hotel national des Invalides”, and “Hôtel national des Invalides”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eiffel Tower and Musée Rodin.
Eiffel Tower
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The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. Eiffel Tower is situated 1¼ km west of Les Invalides.
Musée Rodin
Museum
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The Musée Rodin of Paris, France, is an art museum that was opened in 1919, primarily dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It has two sites: the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds in central Paris, as well as just outside Paris at Rodin's old home, the Villa des Brillants at Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine. Musée Rodin is situated 250 metres east of Les Invalides.
Napoleon’s tomb
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Napoleon's tomb is the monument erected at Les Invalides in Paris to keep the remains of Napoleon following their repatriation to France from Saint Helena in 1840, or retour des cendres, at the initiative of King Louis Philippe I and his minister Adolphe Thiers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 7th arrondissement and Faubourg Saint-Germain.
7th arrondissement
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The 7th arrondissement is perhaps the most expensive area to live in Paris. The Eiffel Tower, one of the most famous tourist sites in the world, is here, as well as many government buildings. Many dignitaries and VIPs populate this arrondissement.
Faubourg Saint-Germain
Suburb
Faubourg Saint-Germain is a historic district of Paris, France. The Faubourg has long been known as the favourite home of the French high nobility and hosts many aristocratic hôtels particuliers. It is currently part of the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Suburb
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Saint-Germain-des-Prés is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Les Invalides
- Categories: building complex, tourist attraction, hospital, and religion
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Les Invalides” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Invaides in Parys”
- Afrikaans: “Les Invalides”
- Arabic: “Les Invalides”
- Arabic: “الأنفاليد”
- Arabic: “قصر الأنفاليد”
- Arabic: “ليزانفاليد”
- Armenian: “Հաշմանդամների տուն”
- Asturian: “Los Inválidos”
- Azerbaijani: “Əlillər Evi”
- Basque: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Belarusian: “Дом інвалідаў”
- Bengali: “লেজাঁভালিদ”
- Bulgarian: “Les Invalides”
- Bulgarian: “Дом на инвалидите”
- Bulgarian: “Домът на инвалидите”
- Catalan: “Els Invàlids”
- Catalan: “Les Invalides”
- Catalan: “Palau Nacional dels Invàlids”
- Chinese: “巴黎残废军人院”
- Chinese: “榮譽軍人院”
- Chinese: “榮軍院”
- Chinese: “法国荣军院”
- Chinese: “荣军院”
- Croatian: “Dom invalida u Parizu”
- Czech: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Czech: “Invalidovna”
- Dutch: “Dome des Invalides”
- Dutch: “Hotel des Invalides”
- Dutch: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Dutch: “Invalides”
- Dutch: “Les Invalides”
- Esperanto: “Hotelo de la Invalidoj”
- Esperanto: “Invalides”
- Estonian: “Invaliidide Kodu”
- Finnish: “Hotel des Invalides”
- Finnish: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Finnish: “Invalidikirkko”
- Finnish: “Les Invalides”
- French: “Église du Dôme”
- French: “Eglise Saint-Louis des Invalides”
- French: “hotel des Invalides”
- French: “hôtel des Invalides”
- French: “hotel national des invalides”
- French: “hôtel national des Invalides”
- French: “hôtel royal des Invalides”
- French: “Invalides”
- French: “L’hôtel des Invalides”
- French: “L’Hôtel national des Invalides”
- French: “Les Invalides”
- French: “Hôtel des Invalides” (historical)
- Galician: “Os Inválidos”
- Georgian: “ინვალიდების სახლი”
- Georgian: “ინვალიდთა სახლი”
- German: “Hotel des Invalides”
- German: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- German: “Invalidendom”
- German: “Les Invalides”
- Greek: “Μέγαρο των Απομάχων”
- Hebrew: “ארמון האינווליד”
- Hebrew: “בית האינוולידים”
- Hebrew: “האינוואליד”
- Hebrew: “האינווליד”
- Hebrew: “האנווליד”
- Hungarian: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Hungarian: “Invalidusok háza”
- Indonesian: “Invalides”
- Indonesian: “Les Invalides”
- Irish: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Italian: “Hotel des Invalides”
- Italian: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Italian: “Invalides”
- Italian: “Les Invalides”
- Japanese: “アンヴァリッド”
- Japanese: “オテル・デ・ザンヴァリッド”
- Korean: “앵발리드”
- Luxembourgish: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Luxembourgish: “Invalides”
- Macedonian: “Инвалидски дом”
- Macedonian: “Ле Инвалид”
- Malay: “Les Invalides”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Invalidesdomen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Les Invalides”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Les Invalides”
- Norwegian: “Les Invalides”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ostal dels Invalids”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ostau daus Invalids”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ostau deis Invalids”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ostau deus Invalides”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ostau deus Invalids”
- Persian: “لزنولید”
- Piemontese: “Les Invalides”
- Polish: “Dôme des Invalides”
- Polish: “Les Invalides”
- Portuguese: “Arsenal dos Inválidos”
- Portuguese: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Portuguese: “Hôtel National des Invalides”
- Portuguese: “Invalides”
- Portuguese: “Les Invalides”
- Portuguese: “Palácio dos Inválidos”
- Romanian: “Domul Invalizilor”
- Romanian: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Romanian: “Les invalides”
- Russian: “Дом Инвалидов в Париже”
- Russian: “Дом инвалидов”
- Russian: “Парижский Дом Инвалидов”
- Scots: “Les Invalides”
- Serbian: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Serbian: “Palata invalida”
- Serbian: “Дом инвалида”
- Serbian: “Палата инвалида”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Les Invalides”
- Slovak: “Invalidovňa”
- Slovenian: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Slovenian: “Invalidi”
- Slovenian: “Les Invalides”
- Spanish: “Hotel des Invalides”
- Spanish: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Spanish: “Hotel Nacional de los Inválidos”
- Spanish: “Les Invalides”
- Spanish: “Los Invalidos”
- Spanish: “Los Inválidos”
- Spanish: “Panteon de los Invalidos”
- Spanish: “Panteon de los Inválidos”
- Spanish: “Panteón de los Invalidos”
- Spanish: “Panteón de los Inválidos”
- Swedish: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Swedish: “Invaliddomen”
- Tatar: “Инвалитлар йорты”
- Thai: “ออแตลเดแซ็งวาลีด”
- Turkish: “Les Invalides”
- Ukrainian: “Будинок інвалідів”
- Ukrainian: “Дім Інвалідів”
- Urdu: “لیزآنوالید”
- Uzbek: “Les Invalides”
- Vietnamese: “Điện Invalides”
- Vietnamese: “Điện Les Invalides”
- Vietnamese: “Hôtel des Invalides”
- Vietnamese: “Invalides”
- Vietnamese: “Les Invalides”
- Western Panjabi: “لس انویلڈز”
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