Paris – May 2025 – Part 2

On our way to Musee de L’Armee Invalides. They were having a commemoration of the bicentenary of Napoleon’s death, he died 5 May 1821. We were there while they were setting up. The church was called the Cathedral of the Armies. (St Louis Cathedral) In 1676 an architect named Jules Hardouin-Mansart began construction of the chapel which Libéral Bruant has been unable to complete. It was designed so that there was a Royal Chapel (Dome des Invalides) and a veteran’s chapel so that the King and his soldiers could attend mass at the same time but not enter together; they entered through different entrances. In the 19th century, the separation was reinforced with the erection of the tomb of Napoleon I and a glass wall.

  • Musee de L’Armee Invalides
  • My pickup
  • All the flags
  • All the flags in the nave are from the 15th, 16th, 17th centuries.
  • The soldier’s church
  • the ceiling was something else
  • Napoleon’s Tomb
  • Eddie and me; Eddie was from San Diego and we hung around a bit together
  • They were getting ready for a ceremony

We also went to the Luxembourg Gardens and they were quite lovely to walk through. We are pretty much done our tour and from this point on, we are in Paris on our own.

  • It was a lovely park
  • A smaller version of Lady Liberty
  • John, our tour guide

There was so much to see and do in Paris so there is more to follow !

12 thoughts on “Paris – May 2025 – Part 2”

  3. The architecture is amazing at every venue you go to – that ceiling was something else. Your pickup was like the Buckingham Palace guards – not cracking a smile. 🙂 Lots of ways they honor Napoleon … I never knew his first name!

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