| Name | Les Invalides |
| Alt names | L'Hôtel national des Invalides | source: Wikipedia |
| Type | Cemetery |
| Coordinates | 48.855°N 2.3125°E |
| Located in | Paris, Paris, France |
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Les Invalides, formally the Hôtel national des Invalides, also Hôtel des Invalides (literally, "House of the disabled"), 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 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. The complex also includes the former hospital chapel, now national cathedral of the French military, and the adjacent former Royal Chapel known as the , the tallest church building in Paris at a height of 107 meters. The latter has been converted into a shrine of some of France's leading military figures, most notably the tomb of Napoleon.
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