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This is where Napoleon is buried. Les Invalides, Paris, France in Eglise du Dome Church. Louis XIV initiated the project 24 November 1670, as a home and hospital for aged and unwell soldiers: the name is a shortened form of hôpital des invalides.
Later Louis XIV commissioned Mansart to construct a separate private royal chapel referred to as the Église du Dôme from its most striking feature. Inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the original for all Baroque domes, it is one of the triumphs of French Baroque architecture.
The present dome of the United States Capitol, designed by Thomas U. Walter, was inspired in part by the dome at Les Invalides. Both are "wedding-cake" style double-shelled domes with an oculus in the inner shell allowing those below to view a circular painting on the inner surface of the outer dome. The Capitol dome's architect Thomas U. Walter, had previously visited Les Invalides, and is said to have been struck by it.
I found the structure to be very beautiful. I spent the majority of my week seeking out churches, glad it payed off. A wonderful way to see the city and their surrounding areas/villages. Thank you for all your votes and comments...they are very much appreciated.
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Its certainly a beautiful structure, not hard to imagine why it appears to have inspired so many in their subsequent designs, I would imagine it must be quite something to see at first hand. Its hard to conceive of the amount of effort that has gone into making something as awesome as this. This is the sort of image that cries out pure symmetry but I'm quite glad that you decided against that, I quite like the end result, though it does mean that we don't get to see enough of the two paintings on this side of the structure. If you had decided to go for total symmetry a square crop would have been a perfect option.
This would have been a difficult exposure but I think you made a good job of it, I can live with the overexposure of the windows in favour of sufficient light in the shadows without resorting to HDR. Anyway, you obviously did right for the voters here, well done Janine.
Eglise du Dome Church at the Hotel des Invalides
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