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Les Invalides

building complex in Paris, France

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Instance of: building complex, tourist attraction, hospital, veterans' home
Inception: 1671
Has parts: Dôme des Invalides, Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides
Located in: Invalides
Country: France
architect: Libéral Bruant, Jules Hardouin-Mansart
architectural style: classical architecture, baroque architecture
category for people buried here: Category:Burials at Les Invalides, Paris
category for the exterior of the item: Category:Exterior of the Hôtel des Invalides
commissioned by: Louis XIV of France
date of official opening: 1687
described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Das europäische Hospital
has use: museum, hospital, retirement home, church building, mausoleum
heritage designation: classified historical monument, classified historical monument, classified historical monument, classified historical monument
native label: hôtel des Invalides
occupant: Musée de l'Armée, Musée des Plans-Reliefs, Musée de l'ordre de la Libération, Military governor of Paris, Governor of Les Invalides, Order of Liberation, Institution Nationale des Invalides, National Office for Veterans and Victims of War, Historial Charles de Gaulle
research project that contributed to this data set: Archiater
topic's main category: Category:Hôtel des Invalides

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