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MAUSOLEUM
One single shot.

Camera: Canon EOS 400D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 DC EX HSM
Exif: 11mm f/9 1/320sec ISO-100 Manual sRGB
Date: 26/06/2010 11:15h
Site: L'Hôtel National des Invalides, Paris, FRANCE

Les Invalides is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose. The buildings house the Musée de l'Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the burial site for some of France's war heroes, notably Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon was initially interred on Saint Helena, but King Louis-Philippe arranged for his remains to be brought to St Jerome's Chapel in Paris in 1840, in what became known as the retour des cendres. A renovation of Les Invalides took many years, but in 1861 Napoleon was moved to the most prominent location under the dome at Les Invalides.

Thanks very much for viewing and...
as always to my loved Debbie.-

Description
MAUSOLEUM
One single shot.

Camera: Canon EOS 400D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 DC EX HSM
Exif: 11mm f/9 1/320sec ISO-100 Manual sRGB
Date: 26/06/2010 11:15h
Site: L'Hôtel National des Invalides, Paris, FRANCE

Les Invalides is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose. The buildings house the Musée de l'Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the burial site for some of France's war heroes, notably Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon was initially interred on Saint Helena, but King Louis-Philippe arranged for his remains to be brought to St Jerome's Chapel in Paris in 1840, in what became known as the retour des cendres. A renovation of Les Invalides took many years, but in 1861 Napoleon was moved to the most prominent location under the dome at Les Invalides.

Thanks very much for viewing and...
as always to my loved Debbie.-