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. The buildings house the Musée de l’Armée, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine. The complex also includes the Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, the national cathedral of the French military. It is adjacent to the Royal Chapel known as the Dôme des Invalides, the tallest church building in Paris at a height of 107 metres. The latter has been converted into a shrine to some of France’s leading military figures, most notably the tomb of Napoleon.
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