INVALIDES, HÔTEL DES

ōtĕlˈ dāzăNvälēdˈ, celebrated landmark of Paris, France, built (1671–76) by Libéral Bruant as a hospital for disabled veterans. One of the most imposing examples of French classical architecture, it now houses a military museum. It faces the vast Esplanade des Invalides. Behind it, in the court of honor, is the church and Dôme des Invalides (1679–1706), the masterpiece of J. H. Mansart. Under the huge, yet seemingly weightless, dome are the tombs of Vauban, Turenne, Foch, and others. The remains of Napoleon I, brought (1840) in great pomp from St. Helena, were transferred there on completion of the crypt in 1861.

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France and America in the Revolutionary Era: The Life of Jacques-Donatien Leray de Chaumont, 1725-1803
Book by Thomas J. Schaeper; Berghahn Books, 1995
Subjects: Businesspeople--France--Biography, Chaumont, Jacques-Donatien Leray De--1725-1803, France--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--1775-1783, United States--Foreign Relations--France, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French
...Royal Court -- The Hotel des Invalides -- Silas Deane in...The Hotel de Valentinois...Archives du ministere des affaires etrangeres...rue Notre-Dame-des-Victoires in the...he purchased the Hotel de Valentinois...
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Journey to France and Spain, 1801
Book by Victor Marie Du Pont, Charles W. David; Kennikat Press, 1972
Subjects: France--Social Life And Customs--1789-1815, Spain--Description And Travel
...houses. I went at the Hotel des Etrangers where I...president of the Cour des Comptes and to continue...I moved to the Hotel de Paris, rue de Richelieu...Dictionniaire des conventionnels...the Foreign Affairss hotel. 53 a long gallery...
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War, Revolution, and the Bureaucratic State: Politics and Army Administration in France, 1791-1799
Book by Howard G. Brown; Clarendon Press, 1995
Subjects: Civil-military relations--France--History--18th century, France--Armee--Management, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799--Influence, Organizational change--France--History--18th century, Public administration--France--History
...Niv. Nivose pl. plaquette P.-v. . . . Anciens Proces-verbaux des seances du Conseil des Anciens P.-v. . . . Cinq-cents Proces-verbaux des seances du Conseil des Cinq-cents P.-v. . . . Convention Proces-verbaux des...
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Letters of a Russian Traveler, 1789-1790: An Account of a Young Russian Gentleman's Tour through Germany, Switzerland, France, and England
Book by N. M. Karamzin; Columbia Universty Press, 1957
Subjects: Europe--Description And Travel--18th Century
...has all been quite sad. Farewell! Riga, May 31, 1789 Yesterday, my dearest friends, I arrived at Riga and put up at the Hotel de Petersbourg. The road exhausted me. My dejec tion, whose cause you well know, was not enough. In addition I had to travel...
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A Diary of the French Revolution - Vol. 2
Book by Beatrix Cary Davenport, Gouverneur Morris; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--United States, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799, United States--Foreign Relations--France
...them. Tuesday 28. -- This Morning I leave the Hotel de Flandre where I found the Entertainment good...omitted to enquire untill near our Journeys End for a Hotel we are directed to the Hotel de Ville, which is I fear a bad one: from Appearances...
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National and Colonial: the Musee Des Colonies at the Colonial Exposition, Paris, 1931
Journal article by Patricia A. Morton; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 80, 1998
Subjects: Architecture, Art history, Colonialism, Fairs & exhibitions, France, Laprade, Albert, Museums
...la Haille had executed frescoes at a Parisian school, at the Hotel de Ville at Reims, and at the Mairie of Roubaix, among other commissions.97 The program of frescoes for the Salle des Fetes illustrates the overall theme of "The Contribution of France...
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The Salon Des Arts Ménagers, 1923-1983: A French Effort to Instil the Virtues of Home and the Norms of Good Taste
Journal article by Martine Segalen; Journal of Design History, Vol. 7, 1994
Subjects: Design--History
...housing development (1938), for hotel bedrooms (1939), and for the...framework were shown on the Invalides; in 1956 an all-plastic house...modern life. In 1934 the Union des artistes modernes participated...the CNIT ( Centre national des industries et des techniques...
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The Place de Nos Conquetes and the Unraveling of the Myth of Louis Xiv
Journal article by Rochelle Ziskin; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 76, 1994
Subjects: Area planning & development, Castles & palaces, History, Kings, Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715), Paris France
...commemorating 1691 assists in dating Mansarts changes. Jacquiot illustrates the sketch, but misidentifies it as the Hotel des Invalides (as in n. 13, III, pl. CXXXIII, no. 6). A jeton of the square struck the next year confirms an official design...
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The Sultan's Authority: Delacroix, Painting, and Politics at the Salon of 1845
Journal article by Jennifer W. Olmsted; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 91, 2009
...ceremoniously deposited at the Hotel des Invalides (Fig. 10).70 Unlike the accessory...were officially presented at the Hotel des Invalides.72 Shortly afterward, the tent...available to the public in the Jardin des Tuileries. 3 The Salon opened...
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Disabled Veterans in History
Journal article by Mark Harrison; Medical History, Vol. 46, 2002
...typified by the Chelsea and Greenwich hospitals. These new provisions for disabled veterans were modelled on the Hotel des Invalides in France, which promised more visible, central control over ex-servicemen. As Isser Woloch points out in his chapter...
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Power at Sea
Magazine article by Jim Bloom; Sea Classics, Vol. 42, July 2009
...a Vapeur (Steamboats) and wrote for the Academy Memoires sur les Pompes a Feu. Impoverished, he retired to the Hotel des Invalides and died there of cholera before the French academy gave him his due. Unjustly ignoring the French contribution...
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Home from the Wars: Stephen Brumwell Discusses Attitudes towards Veterans in Mid-Georgian Britain, and the Provisions Made for Them
Magazine article by Stephen Brumwell; History Today, Vol. 52, March 2002
Subjects: George III, King of England--Social policy, Social policy--Military aspects, Soldiers--Civil status, United Kingdom--History, Veterans--Social aspects
...these institutions took their inspiration from the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, which was founded to house soldiers wounded in the service of Louis XIV. But while the Invalides could shelter 3,000 veterans, and double that number...
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The Revolutionary Event of Vatican II
Magazine article by Andrew M. Greeley; Commonweal, Vol. 125, September 11, 1998
Subjects: Catholic Church--Doctrines, Theology, Doctrinal--Analysis, Vatican Council, 1962-1965--Analysis
...Mobs ransacked the city. On the morning of July 14, representatives of this government and a mob went to the Hotel des Invalides to demand the arms that were stored there so that they could create a militia to defend the city against a possible...
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The Science of Enchantment
Magazine article; Musical Times, Vol. 143, Spring 2002
Subjects: Classical music, Fairs & exhibitions, History, Paris France
...opening of the exposition, hotel owners refused to consider...de lAir and the Palais des Chemins de Fer (in a beautifully transformed Invalides station), and the sculpture...the Seine, from the Pont des Invalides to the isle des Cygnes...
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Round & About: June 2009
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 59, June 2009
Subjects: Exhibitions--Calendars
...Until June 12th Musee de lArmee Hotel national des Invalides 129 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris Telephone: 00 33 810 11 33 99 www.invalides.org Every year, for 25 years...6th-September Juno Beach Centre Vole des Francais Libres 14470 Courseulles-sur-Mer...
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Weekender: Travel: Setting the Seine; JILLY BEATTIE FALLS FOR PARIS IN THE SPRINGTIME Romance Is in the Air on Parisienne Walkways
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), June 4, 2005
...of tourists who return to the hotel again and again. And it has that...Milo and Mona Lisa. St-Germain-des-Pres: The oldest church in Paris...symbol of the French capital. Les Invalides: The Hotel des Invalides was originally built by Louis...
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Soldiers Still Marching, If Slowly
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 3, 2002
...being the purpose of the Royal Hospital when King Charles II founded it in 1682, after the model of Louis XIVs Hotel des Invalides in Paris. The ninth in-pensioner is Archibald Harrington of the Queens Royal Regiment and Royal Artillery. Commissioned...
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A Weekend Affair to Remember
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 3, 1996
...the Esplanade des Invalides, where old...stroll from the hotel. Here you can...distance of the hotel. As you approach...the Aerogare des Invalides, approached...STAYING THERE: Hotel Bourgogne et...Francoise, Aerogare des Invalides - tel 47 05...
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Ice Cold in Paris; Paris Is at Its Coolest in the Cold. the Lights Are Twinkling, the Martinis Are Chilling and the Shops Are Buzzing. Lydia Slater Takes Her Daughter and Sister on a Glamorous Girls' Weekend - but Who Ate All the Pastries?
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 6, 2006
Subjects: Hotels and motels, Restaurants
...about 3pm, the Galerie des Gobelins, the hotels chandeliered...asleep, watched over by a hotel babysitter, we put on...Le Divellec, near Les Invalides (00 33 1 45 51 91 96...products. THE FOOD The hotel has four restaurants...rink); and the Galerie des Gobelins for tea, costly...
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Tackling the City of Light Is Child's Play; Paris Might Be for Lovers, but Clive Aslet Discovers That It Is Also Ideal for Young Families
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 18, 2007
...with bonbons. Since the hotel has a two-star Michelin...Musee de lArmee in Les Invalides would be worth seeing...in the Bristols Paris des Enfants guide. This time...from pounds sterling59. Hotel Bristol (020 7235 3245...brunch at Le Crillon. This hotel occupies one of the neo-Classical...
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encyclopedia articles on: Invalides HOtel Des  - 4 results

 
 
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Invalides, HÔtel Des
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
INVALIDES, HOTEL DES otel dazaNvaled , celebrated landmark...museum. It faces the vast Esplanade des Invalides. Behind it, in the court of honor, is the church and Dome des Invalides (1679 1706), the masterpiece of J...
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Mansart, Jules Hardouin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...splendid achievement; it was added as a second church to the one constructed by Bruant and brought the scheme of the Hotel des Invalides to completion. Much of Mansarts work was executed in the massive Roman baroque style, but some of his designs...
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Lafosse, Charles De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...A major achievement is his fresco of St. Louis Presenting His Sword to Christ (1700 1702) for the dome of the Hotel des Invalides, Paris. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
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Paris , City, France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Deputies, the Quai dOrsay , and the Hotel des Invalides , is the governmental and to a large...and artists (the celebrated Cafe des Deux Magots and Cafe de Flore are...was completed in 1977. The Forum des Halles, a partially underground...


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