Les Monuments

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Les Monuments

• By Mara Forbes

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The Museé dOrsay

• Historical art museum.
• On the river Seine.
• Only 18 years old.
• Was built in 1986
• to represent all of the arts from the
• second half of the 19th century.
• Used to be an old railway station.
• Built by Gae Aulenti.

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The Museé dOrsay
Museé dOrsay
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Facts

• Has three floors of paintings and
• sculptures from 1848 to 1914.
• Was nearly destroyed by a hotel
• developer.
• Was called Gare dOrsay as a
• railway station.
• Gare dOrsay was closed in 1939.

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Les Invalides

• Largest single collection/complex of monuments in
  Paris.
• 2 blocks away from Eiffel Tower.
• Built by Louis XIV.
• Burial site for Frances war heroes.
• Was built from 1671 to 1676.
• Is 328 years old.

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Map
Les Invalides
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Facts

• Used to house wounded soldiers.
• Was a retirement home for war heroes.
• All buildings relate to Frances military
  history.
• Full name was Hopital des Invalides, which
  means, Hospital for invalides.
• Napoleons tomb is in the dome.