Les Invalides
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Summary
Les Invalides is a building complex[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of building complex entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,048 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Invalides[3]
- Country: France[4]
- Instance of: tourist attraction[5], hospital[6]
- Architect: Libéral Bruant[7], Jules Hardouin-Mansart[8]
- Commissioned by: Louis XIV of France[9]
- Architectural style: classical architecture[10], baroque architecture[11]
- Has use: museum[12], hospital[13], retirement home[14], church building[15], mausoleum[16]
- Commons category: Hôtel des Invalides[17]
- Occupant: Musée de l'Armée[18], Musée des Plans-Reliefs[19], Musée de l'ordre de la Libération[20], Military governor of Paris[21], Governor of Les Invalides[22], Order of Liberation[23], Institution Nationale des Invalides[24], National Office for Veterans and Victims of War[25], Historial Charles de Gaulle[26]
- Has part(s): Dôme des Invalides[27], Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides[28]
- Inception: 1671[29]
- Official website: https://www.invalides.fr/[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hôtel des Invalides[31]
- Commons gallery: Les Invalides[32]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[33], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[34], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[36], Das europäische Hospital[37]
- Heritage designation: classified historical monument[38]
- Date of official opening: 1687[39]
- Native label: hôtel des Invalides[40]
- Category for people buried here: Category:Burials at Les Invalides, Paris[41]
- Category for the exterior of the item: Category:Exterior of the Hôtel des Invalides[42]
- Research project that contributed to this data set: Archiater[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Les Invalides include Invalides[44], a metro station[45], in France[46], founded in 1913[47]; Pont des Invalides[48], a road bridge[49], in France[50], founded in 1829[51]; Circuit des Invalides[52], a street circuit[53], in France[54]; esplanade des Invalides[55], an esplanade[56], in France[57], founded in 1704[58]; and boulevard des Invalides[59], a boulevard[60], in France[61].
Why It Matters
Les Invalides has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]
Entities named for it include Invalides[44], a metro station[45], in France[46], founded in 1913[47]; Pont des Invalides[48], a road bridge[49], in France[50], founded in 1829[51]; Circuit des Invalides[52], a street circuit[53], in France[54]; esplanade des Invalides[55], an esplanade[56], in France[57], founded in 1704[58]; and boulevard des Invalides[59], a boulevard[60], in France[61].