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Saint-Louis des Invalides, Paris, France : Reviews of Saint-Louis des Invalides - Yahoo! Travel
Built between 1679 and 1708, this religious building is commonly known as the "soldiers' church", in honour of the great military leaders who have been laid t...
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Invalides- Paris, France - VirtualTourist.com
In 1671, Louis XIV decided to create the 'Hotel des Invalides' designed to welcome his war veterans. At the end of the XVIIth century, the hotel, a true miniature city, governed by a religious & military system, housed up to 400 guests. The soldiers were divided into companies and operated workshops...
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Invalides- Paris, France - VirtualTourist.com
The Invalides were created under Louis XIV, the Sun King, to come to the aid of old soldiers who had been forced into either panhandling or subsiding on church charity especially those who had been wounded in battle (hence `invalides’); . So the institution of the Invalides was created in 1670 and q...
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In 1676, the church project, in the south, was given to Jules Hardouin-Mansart, who built the great royal church, or Dome Church (using the blueprints of his great-uncle François Mansart). He also finished the church used by the residents for the daily cult, the Soldiers Church. The Dome Chur...
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Église Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, Paris, France
In 1843, organbuilder Charles Gadault carried out a renovation of the instrument. In 1849, a complete restoration of the instrument was planned. The decision was taken only after the fire that occurred on August 12, 1851. This time, a reconstruction was considered and estimates submitted by organbui...
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