Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . ?M o p ?p^^ K n ^ K i o r 4.\ I I to:- I .^ ;!0-. i I : coj I I in • ^ «• moo ^ ^^ g H I I Q .^ -« .4 iyl1^ ££11 -^ o o > o o <o p Pi d ,0) d i li 1 J INVALIBES. Left Bank 18. 311 iu the Place des Yictoires (p. 215).—This home was destined for5000 (later, 7000) old or wounded soldiers, and was richly endowedanew by Napoleon I. The post of governor, once much coveted, wasabolished in 1883; in 1903 it was decided to receive no new inva-lides, but in 1911 the practice was revived. The seat of the mili-tary gove
Paris and environs, with routes from London to Paris : handbook for travellers . ?M o p ?p^^ K n ^ K i o r 4.\ I I to:- I .^ ;!0-. i I : coj I I in • ^ «• moo ^ ^^ g H I I Q .^ -« .4 iyl1^ ££11 -^ o o > o o <o p Pi d ,0) d i li 1 J INVALIBES. Left Bank 18. 311 iu the Place des Yictoires (p. 215).—This home was destined for5000 (later, 7000) old or wounded soldiers, and was richly endowedanew by Napoleon I. The post of governor, once much coveted, wasabolished in 1883; in 1903 it was decided to receive no new inva-lides, but in 1911 the practice was revived. The seat of the mili-tary government of Paris was transferred to the Invalides in 1898. The Cour dHonneur, plain but imposing, is enclosed witharcades, adorned with paintings, by B. Masson, of scenes from thehistory of France, and with copies, by the brothers Baize (1835-47),of Raphaels frescoes in the Vatican, but all faded and the end of this quadrangle is the entrance to the church of St-Louis (p. 318). In the Galerie du Midi, which precedes the church,are six large statues by
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