Les Invalides. L'État, la guerre, la mémoire - Découvertes Gallimard (n° 508)

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In 1670, Louis XIV ordered the construction, at the gates of Paris, of a "hotel" intended to accommodate the former soldiers of the royal army. The grandeur of the monument, the work of the architects Liberal Bruant and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, the rapid and lasting success of the institution...

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WRITTEN IN FRENCH

In 1670, Louis XIV ordered the construction, at the gates of Paris, of a "hotel" intended to accommodate the former soldiers of the royal army. The grandeur of the monument, the work of the architects Liberal Bruant and Jules Hardouin-Mansart, the rapid and lasting success of the institution, all at the same time hospice, barracks, convent, hospital and manufacture, serve the prestige of the French monarchy.
Under the Consulate and then the Empire, Napoleon, protector of the Hotel, reorganized the institution and transformed the church of Saint-Louis des Invalides into a national military pantheon.

An evolution devoted in 1840, through the construction, under the Dome, of the tomb of the Emperor. Necropolis of the heroes of the Fatherland, the Invalides also became, from the end of the 19th century, a conservator of arms.
Definitively formed in 1905, the Army Museum now has one of the richest heritage complexes in the world.

Weapons and armor of the old royal collections, uniforms, trophies and flags seized on the enemy during military campaigns but also memories of the two World Wars offer a complete panorama of French military history.

François Lagrange and Jean-Pierre Reverseau lead us to the discovery of the Invalides, a centre of national memory.

French
128 pages

Éditions Gallimard
Découvertes Gallimard. Arts, n° 508

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