Tomb of Napoléon

xxxx	Église du Dôme - Tombeau de Napoléon	(Could you imagine if the Germans did this?)	Monumental doorway of Église du Dôme, Les Invalides, with the monograms of Louis XIV and St. Louis IX
Église du Dôme - designated to become Napoleon's burial place in 1840, 25 years after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo	Napoléon's tomb took 20 years to complete and was finished in 1861	Glory of Paradise with St. Louis presenting his sword to Christ, Charles de La Fosse, completed in 1705	Allegories surrounding the Dome of the Invalides
Napoléon's monumental tomb of red quartzite on a green granite base	Napoleon spent the first 19 years of his death, 1821-1840, on the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic where he was exiled	Stucco angels with the monogram of St. Louis IX, Église du Dôme, Les Invalides	St. Peter and St. Mark, Église du Dôme
Baroque Altar, Église du Dôme, Les Invalides	Main Altar, Église du Dôme, 1842-1853, Les Invalides	Baroque ornamentation, golden cherubs, Baroque Altar, Église du Dôme	Main Altar, Église du Dôme, Les Invalides
Christ on the Cross, Église du Dôme, Les Invalides	Baroque Canopy, Église du Dôme, Les Invalides	L'Église du Dôme contains the tombs of many other notables, including Joseph, Napoleon's brother (1768-1844), King of Spain	Dome over the Tomb of Joesph Napoléon, Les Invalides
Dome over the Tomb of Joesph Napoléon, Les Invalides	Tomb containing the heart of Sébastien Vauban, designer of Louis XIV's military fortifications	Église du Dôme, Les Invalides	Tomb of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Supreme Allied Commander during World War I
Tomb of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Supreme Allied Commander during World War I	Architectural Atlas carrying a pillow with a crown and arm relic	French Imperial Eagle inlaid floor mosaic, Les Invalides	Napoléon Empereur des Français - the Legion of Honor, Église du Dôme
Return of the Ashes: Prince Joinville handing over Napoleon's coffin to King Louis-Philippe, sculpted 1851 by François Jouffroy	The Prince of Joinville attending the exhumation of the emperor's body at Saint Helena, , sculpted 1851 by François Jouffroy	Descent to the lower level to view the Tomb of Napoléon Bonaparte	Napoléon as Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome, sculpted by Pierre-Charles Simart (workshop)
10 bas-relief panels of the Public Works of Napoleon surround the tomb: Central Administration	Napoléon - founding of the Conseil d'État: Cooperate with the Designs that I form for the Prosperity of the People	Napoleon's remains are entombed within 6 coffins inside the stone sarcophagus (I guess he won't be getting out again)	Napoleonic Code - Code Civil: My code by its simplicity has done more good in France than all the laws which came before
Napoleon's Tomb is surrounded by 12 winged Victories	Tomb of Napoléon, Les Invalides	Detail of the on the bas-relief "église gallicane" in the crypt	Larger-than-Life Napoléon in his 1804 Coronation garb
Statue of Napoléon in his Coronation garb over looking the Tomb of his son, Napoléon II, sculpted by Pierre-Charles Simart	Tomb of Napoléon II, moved here from Vienna by order of Adolph Hitler in 1940	Napoléon - Decree of 10 May 1806: Formation of an Imperial University responsible exclusively for teaching and public education	"Je désire que mes cendres reposent sur les bords de la Seine, au milieu de ce peuple français que j'ai tant aimé"
"I want my ashes to rest on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people that I have loved so much"	The Winged Victories guarding the Tomb of Napoleon	Napoléon - 1807 Court of Audit (Cour des Comptes): By the active monitoring of infidelity to guarantee the use of public funds	Napoléon: Exposition quinquennale des produits de l'industrie, 1801; Code de Commerce of 1807
Public Works of Napoléon: Wherever my reign has passed it has left lasting traces of its blessing	Founded the Legion in Honor 1802: I have stimulated competition, rewarded the deserving, and expanded the limits of glory!	Vaults in the Église du Dôme containing notables from the French military	One of the smaller ceiling paintings in the Église du Dôme
Tomb of Marshal Hubert Lyautey (1854-1934)	Tomb of Marshal Hubert Lyautey (1854-1934)	Christ with the Cross, similar to Michelangelo's Cristo della Minerva, Église du Dôme	Model of the Hôpital des Invalides with the Église du Dôme
Main dome of the Church of the Dome, Les Invalides	Reliefs in need of a good dusting, Les Invalides	Tomb of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoléon's younger brother	Dome above the tomb of Jérôme Bonaparte
Dome above the tomb of Jérôme Bonaparte	Tomb of Napoléon, Église du Dôme	Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides	Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides
Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides	Organ, Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides	To the French Generals killed on the Field of Honor 1914-1018	Christ Emtombed, Hans Holbein the Younger
Christ Emtombed, Hans Holbein the Younger	Cathedral of Saint-Louis-des-Invalides	In Memory of French Servicemen Killed in Foreign Operations