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Tombeau de Napoléon / Eglise du dôme - Hôtel national des Invalides
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Monument
District : Saint-Germain-des-Prés / Musée d'Orsay / Montparnasse
Informations :
The dome by J. Hardouin Mansart, built between 1679 and 1706 magnificently crowns the building. It is the finest dome ever built in France and its 107-metre-high lantern was regilded in 1989 for the bicentenary of the French Revolution. Twelve kilos were needed for this operation. From the outside you may admire the facade with its two orders (Doric and Corinthian) of architecture. Statues of Charlemagne and St Louis by Coysevox and N Coustou decorate the niches of the lower levels; on the level above stand _Strength_, _Justice_ and _Temperance_ with _Prudence_ by Coysevox. Inside, beneath the dome is the recently restored large fresco by Charles de la Fosse depicting St Louis handing his sword to Christ. The Dôme Church became a military burial place. It houses the tombs of Turenne, Vauban, Foch, Lyautey as well as those of Joseph and Jérôme Bonaparte. In the crypt itself is the tomb of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I fashioned out of blocks of red porphyry standing on a socle of green granite from the Vosges region.
Others informations
Architecturals styles :
Classical
List of collections :
Architecture
Collections period :
17th century
Opening days and times
Open/Closed :
The Dome is closed every first Monday of each month.
Open in summer from 10am to 6pm (from April 1st to September 30th) and in winter from 10am to 5pm for the Hotel des Invalides. The "Dôme" is also open between June 15th and September 1st from 10am to 7pm.
Cash desk closes at :
4.45pm or 5.45pm according to the season.
Days of week :
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Open on those public holidays :
Easter | Easter Monday | 8 May | Ascension Day | Whitsuntide | Whit Monday | 14 July | 15 August | 11 November
Individual tours
Independant tour :
7 Euros.
Same ticket as for the rest of the Hotel des Invalides.
5 Euros for students under 26yrs, seniors groups (15 persons minimum over 60yrs), retired soldiers.
Free :
Free for the disabled, the unemployed.
Free for children :
Under 18yrs.
Group tours
Group of adults without guide :
Standard tariff.
School group without guide :
15 Euros
Group of adults with museum guide :
3 Euros per person.
School groups with museum guide :
45 Euros per class on reservation.
Group of adults with own guide :
Normal price.
School group with own guide :
15 Euros
Services
Foreign language information.
Combined ticket :
Le billet d'entrée donne accès aux collections permanentes et aux expositions temporaires du musée, au Dôme, au musée des Plans et Reliefs et au musée de l'Ordre de la Libération.
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Access:
Esplanade des Invalides
75007 PARIS
District : Saint-Germain-des-Prés / Musée d'Orsay / Montparnasse
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Invalides
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RER : Invalides
- Bus : 82,92
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