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The Invalides National Hotel is a Parisian monument. Its construction was ordered by Louis XIV in 1670, to shelter the disabled of his army. It is located in the 7th district of Paris. Today, it still welcomes disabled persons but also several museums and a military necropolis. The latter shelters famous generals and marshals’ graves: Foch, Juin and Duroc for example, as well as Napoleon’s grave.
The Invalides area owes its name to the Hotel des Invalides which is the central point of the area. It is surrounded by the Champs de Mars area and the end of saint Germain des Pres, symbolized by the Palais Bourbon.
The Invalides Hotel is reachable from the following metro stations : Invalides, La tour-Maubourg and Varennes.
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