Les Invalides , commonly known as
Hôtel national des Invalides (The National Residence of the Invalids), or also as
Hôtel des Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the
7th arrondissement of
Paris,
France, containing
museums and monuments, all relating to the
military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for
war veterans, the building's original purpose. The buildings house the
Musée de l'Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the
Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the
Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the
Dôme des Invalides, a large church with the burial site for some of France's war heroes, most notably
Napoleon Bonaparte (
lists below).