Title

Les Invalides from the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France

Caption

Les Invalides from the Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France. The church at Les Invalides was designed by Liberal Bruant and Jules Hardouin Mansart and built in 1679. It is regarded as one of the finest examples of French Baroque architecture. The church houses Napoleon's tomb as well as those of several other members of the Bonaparte family and French military heroes.

Date

1956

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D57_211

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,7Mb) / 12,3in x 15,8in / 3690 x 4733 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings religious architecture country French France religion Paris church color colour death dome Christian Christianity tomb mausoleum Baroque location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic concept 17th century Les Invalides Ile-de-France Roman Catholicism seventeenth century PETER THOMPSON TGN photograph Peter Thompson Thompson Peter PTM Napoleon Bonaparte I Bonaparte Napoleon l Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Boney General Bonaparte Bonaparte General 1st Consul Bonaparte First Consul Bonaparte Bonaparte the Corsican Napoleon I Napoleone di Buonaparte Emperor Napoleon Napo Napoleon Bonaparte I Jules Hardouin Mansart Liberal Bruant photograph