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Les Invalides

Les Invalides Paris

Les Invalides Paris

Les Invalides, or known as L’Hôtel national des Invalides in its original language which literary means The National Residence of the Invalids, is a complex of buildings which functions as museums, monuments, hospital, and most importantly retirement house for French war veterans. The three museums located in Les Invalides are, Musée de l’Armée which is a military museum of the French Army, Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and Musée d’Histoire Contemporain. There is also a cemetery located nearby the area which is built to bury French war heroes such as Napoleon Bonaparte.

History of Les Invalides

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Cimetière du Père Lachaise - Places to Visit in Paris

Cimetière du Père Lachaise - Places to Visit in Paris

Cimetière du Père Lachaise - Places to Visit in Paris

Although the idea of visiting a place with many graves at first do not exactly interesting, the fact is there are cemeteries around the world that have become tourists’ favorite attraction. One of them is Cimetière du Père Lachaise. Père Lachaise Cemetery or Cimetière du Père Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris at 44 hectares. It is located in 20th arrondissement and with hundreds of thousands visitors every year, the cemetery is recorded as the most visited cemetery in the world.

Cimetière du Père Lachaise: History

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