Les Invalides - Napoleon's Funeral

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Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon

Descripcion foto: Napoleon died on 5 May 1821 during his exile on Saint Helena. In 1840, King Louis Philippe I obtained permission from the British government to return Napoleon's remains to France. On 15 December 1840, a state funeral was held. The horse-drawn hearse proceeded from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Élysées, across the Place de la Concorde to the Esplanade des Invalides and then to the cupola in St Jérôme's Chapel, where it remained until the tomb designed by Louis Visconti was completed. In 1861, Napoleon's remains were entombed in a sarcophagus of red quartzite from Russia in the crypt under the dome at Les Invalides.

Website: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Tombeau_de_l%27Empereur_aux_Invalides%2C_Vue_int%C3%A9rieure.jpg

Tags: FR_Paris_LesInvalides

Completado?: Y

Fecha: 1861

Copyright: Brown University Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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