Hôtel des Invalides
a military hospital built in Paris in the 17th and 18th centuries by Libéral Bruant and J. H. Mansart: famous for its chapel dome, the tomb of Napoleon, and as a military museum.
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The palace of the Tuileries was enlarged, the Hotel des Invalides, a foundling hospital, and several bridges were built.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil | David W. BartlettI'll found an asylum for decayed authors of merit—a sort of literary 'Hotel des Invalides.'
My Wife and I | Harriet Beecher StoweArms were obtained from the old pensioners at the Hotel des Invalides.
The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete | Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess LamballeThe Hotel des Invalides, is the largest building in Paris, if not in the world.
Several journals have spoken of the entry into the Hotel des Invalides of a soldier, stated to be 126 years of age.
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