. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. lion strangers beheld Paris in her glory. The Are de Triomphdwas begun in [806. the year of the battle of Austerlitz, and was tin-ished by Louis Philippe. It commemorates the victories of Napoleoiand is tin most magnificent imperial monument in the world. 1 Paris seemed to inspire a pari of the Class with so nuiehawe as the tomb of Napoleon. At the entrain e to the crypt of the>f the church of the Invalides, containing the conqueror!remains, are these words: 1 desire that my ashes may rest on thebanks of the Seine, in the mid
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. lion strangers beheld Paris in her glory. The Are de Triomphdwas begun in [806. the year of the battle of Austerlitz, and was tin-ished by Louis Philippe. It commemorates the victories of Napoleoiand is tin most magnificent imperial monument in the world. 1 Paris seemed to inspire a pari of the Class with so nuiehawe as the tomb of Napoleon. At the entrain e to the crypt of the>f the church of the Invalides, containing the conqueror!remains, are these words: 1 desire that my ashes may rest on thebanks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people whom I haveloved so well. From a balustrade above the tomb under the beautiful dome thfs looked down in silence on the sarcophagus, or stone coffin, whicjt Finland granite. The monolith on which it rests is 130,000 pounds. The monument cosl nine million francs,A beautifully tinted light fell up n the sarcophagus. ! said Tommy, see — An armed guard approa hed, with a sol. inn gesture of the hand. Ii I -imply said. —:. GARDEX OF THE TUILERIES PARIS. 257 The Hotel des Invalides, an asylum for disabled soldiers, of whichthe church and dome are a part, was founded by Louis XIV. Thedome is gilded, and is three hundred and thirty feet high.
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