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#1 User is offline   hkskyline 

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Posted 23 October 2005 - 08:50 AM

Les Invalides / Musée de l'Armée
http://www.invalides.org/

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Le Musée des Plans et Reliefs

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Tombeau de Napoléon

Le 5 mai 1821 Napoléon Ier s'éteint dans l'île de Sainte-Hélène où il était exilé depuis 1815. Il est inhumé aux abords d'une source, à l'ombre de quelques saules pleureurs, dans la "vallée du Géranium". Sa dépouille mortelle y demeure jusqu'au 15 octobre 1840. C'est en 1840 que fut décidé par le roi Louis-Philippe le transfert du corps de l'Empereur. Des marins français, placés sous le commandement du prince de Joinville, ramènent son cercueil en France à bord du navire la "Belle Poule".

Des funérailles nationales accompagnent le retour des cendres de l'Empereur Napoléon Ier, transférées aux Invalides le 15 décembre 1840 en attendant l'édification du tombeau. Celui-ci est commandé en 1842 par le roi Louis-Philippe à l'architecte Visconti (1791-1853), qui fait réaliser sous le Dôme d'importantes transformations en perçant une immense excavation pour accueillir le tombeau. Le corps de l'Empereur Napoléon Ier, y est déposé le 2 avril 1861.

Le tombeau, façonné dans des blocs de porphyre rouge de Russie, placé sur un socle de granit vert des Vosges, est cerné d'une couronne de lauriers et d'inscriptions rappelant les grandes victoires de l'Empire. Dans la galerie circulaire, une suite de bas-reliefs sculptés par Simart figurent les principales actions du règne. Au fond de la crypte, au-dessus de la dalle sous laquelle repose le Roi de Rome, est érigée une statue de l'Empereur portant les emblèmes impériaux.

L'Eglise du Dôme abrite aussi les sépultures de deux des frères de Napoléon, Jérôme et Joseph Bonaparte, de son fils, l'Aiglon, ainsi que celles, plus récentes, des maréchaux Foch et Lyautey. Le musée de l'Armée est responsable de ces espaces.

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Le Bus


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Posted 23 October 2005 - 08:53 AM

Great pictures!
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Posted 23 October 2005 - 11:47 AM

Great photos! Although I don't speak French, a little digging tells me the Musee de l'Armee features the history of the French Army from the 1750's? I love the scale models of the different Army strongholds, and especially Mont Ste Michelle. Can't believe I have never been to France :blush:

Thanks for sharing!

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Posted 23 October 2005 - 12:07 PM

Nice Pictures!
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Posted 23 October 2005 - 02:32 PM

The Tomb of Napoleon is such a beautiful place.

I'd like to catch a ride on one of those buses :P

Beautiful pictures! I look forward to seeing more.

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Posted 23 October 2005 - 02:44 PM

Brilliant, thanks for posting!
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 08:57 PM

I was hunting for pics of Les Invalides recently and yours are really great. Just want to mention that its dome was the inspiration for the dome of the West Virginia capitol, which has recently been regilded according to the original plan. Take a look at the link below. I wish I had a pic I could share, but it was just finished in early October. I think its beautiful.

http://dailymail.com...es/REVEALED.htm
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 09:06 PM

There are some cool pictures on that link, thanks for sharing it with us.
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Posted 04 November 2005 - 09:26 PM

[quote name='ZachariahDaMan' post='240436' date='Nov 4 2005, 10:06 PM']There are some cool pictures on that link, thanks for sharing it with us.[/quote]
You're quite welcome. I'm really into capitols.
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Posted 08 November 2005 - 02:57 PM

Paris is perhaps the most beautiful city in the world, and one of my favorites.
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Posted 14 November 2005 - 07:05 PM

I'd like to have a tomb like that. Hell Yeah!
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