Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Napoleon's tomb in Paris, France

The Hotel des Invalides was built by King Louis XIV had been injured in a house for the soldiers in action. After completion of the first building, construction began on Invalides equally impressive. Since then, the Hotel des Invalides has its wounded soldiers and a military version problem: now part of the hotel one of the most important museums of military history housed in the world. Napoleon would have approved most likely the Musée de Lármée,Today's Army Museum. It contains about 40,000 pieces, including a large number of valuable weapons and armor. The collection includes many items that date from antiquity to the present. The crypt of the Invalides was specifically redesigned and embellished by the famous architect, Visconti, so it would be appropriate for the house last remnants of the once powerful Napoleon Bonaparte. Twelve great goddess of victory, which symbolizes the French people, surroundhis sarcophagus of porphyry from Finland, which is located in the crypt.



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