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Bicentenaire de la Bataille de Waterloo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXQNYaPb7CJFP4Ak5nc1qLz3JmECOJaPs1ICVo5CBA54zbAERrS4JrTGz0Nr1IvD3W5eOHOlPKv4Tw1-ZjRvmZAzXUosKyZXSPaT01jRidJn4NfjRvdjEZJuvU1nE5BzHGf7qxqi7wko/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDXQNYaPb7CJFP4Ak5nc1qLz3JmECOJaPs1ICVo5CBA54zbAERrS4JrTGz0Nr1IvD3W5eOHOlPKv4Tw1-ZjRvmZAzXUosKyZXSPaT01jRidJn4NfjRvdjEZJuvU1nE5BzHGf7qxqi7wko/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" width="475" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée le l'Armée</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">stopped the advance of Napoleon </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">and sent him into exile for a second and final time.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span></span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">In the one day of fighting there were around 55,000 </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">either killed, wounded, or missing in action.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> However, the battle ushered in more than 50 years of peace.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Musée de l'Armée</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">129, rue de Grenelle</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">75007, Paris</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Bicentenaire de la Bataille de Waterloo

Musée le l'Armée The Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, stopped the advance of Napoleon and sent him into exile for a second and fi...

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Musée de l'Armée - Habit d'officier de la gendarmerie de France

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXwTMTerWz5hRd0OfQkeo8BDDYq97ZWLv4eP-HGxfaso3k3O2nbMpyGx-H3hTo59Za-4W13lJRWcUUJyTuLAofrrmVcMVrWM1qD-CiGA1d9zKbVdkIgSuS9-Cd3rwCrVOGHbwsMkOY9g/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_143DSC_4826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguXwTMTerWz5hRd0OfQkeo8BDDYq97ZWLv4eP-HGxfaso3k3O2nbMpyGx-H3hTo59Za-4W13lJRWcUUJyTuLAofrrmVcMVrWM1qD-CiGA1d9zKbVdkIgSuS9-Cd3rwCrVOGHbwsMkOY9g/s640/2012+Mar+29+Paris_143DSC_4826.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Officer's uniform</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">XVIIIe century</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Musée de l'Armée was originally built by Louis XIV </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This officer's uniform is part of the extensive permanent collection </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of over 500,000 artifacts.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The historical sense of style by the French </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">can be seen in the elaborate details on this bright jacket. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> I could imagine this on the fashion runways today...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">...minus the sword</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Musée de l'Armée</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>129, rue de Grenelle</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75007, Paris</i></span></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Métros Varenne ou École Militaire</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Musée de l'Armée - Habit d'officier de la gendarmerie de France

Officer's uniform XVIIIe century The Musée de l'Armée was originally built by Louis XIV as a hospital and home for disabled soldier...

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Musée de l'Armée

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuz34R6QRzC-QC4VqKgmdqKc44ANMlzzrShnZ0bBLWgUZd-J7FQfFPGuAA9AEYOM_8cAOhEF4MqgYvL2Vg9A4QifVHr9WocaALJBRBNjlGiM8BHRzLFuYgnFn6lIkzJiA6Et8Qy4C72k/s1600/2012+Oct+9+Tuesday_39DSC_9371.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZxrYRdEAaTt6_v6rUnpzzzQaK_Y-5EvMnlzRBqCuQRiTpZSIOVy37Fgjtj9a-QDR-5sWTW3xaCrS0D33rXDxyetnLZwh-sDGDwwMLMK8nJMUEvOWFthNV_Y7AR8Stxz_l9JGnw2j79M/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZxrYRdEAaTt6_v6rUnpzzzQaK_Y-5EvMnlzRBqCuQRiTpZSIOVy37Fgjtj9a-QDR-5sWTW3xaCrS0D33rXDxyetnLZwh-sDGDwwMLMK8nJMUEvOWFthNV_Y7AR8Stxz_l9JGnw2j79M/s1600/2012+Mar+29+Paris_142DSC_4825.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Musée de l'Armée</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In my trips to Paris I had prowled the grounds of Les Invalides but had never explored this national military museum of France.  It was originally built as a hospital and home for disabled soldiers by Louis XIV.  The museum holds 500,000 artifacts and includes weapons, armor, artillery, uniforms, emblems and paintings. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> The permanent collections are organized chronologically giving a historic tour from antiquity through the end of World War II.  There is considerable focus on Napoleon with less on the role of France during the last world war.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The display of weapons and uniforms over the centuries is fascinating. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée de l'Armée</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">129, rue de Grenelle</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métros Varenne ou École Militaire</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Musée de l'Armée

Musée de l'Armée In my trips to Paris I had prowled the grounds of Les Invalides but had never explored this national military museum of...

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Umphhh!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvAJSVzJJA-ah_AHeeA_J1ikPmx8erYpyc4EmnxkEO10OT566TWcwMLcFKjfwYdmog-vtqcqubOiiYvpyyDNV-jpik_MC5rJnijtBDrN9VAK0awTVIWd_F5QgB1TJvEEbri8MgWRrH9o/s1600/2009+dec+Paris+00148blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532927505903687362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvAJSVzJJA-ah_AHeeA_J1ikPmx8erYpyc4EmnxkEO10OT566TWcwMLcFKjfwYdmog-vtqcqubOiiYvpyyDNV-jpik_MC5rJnijtBDrN9VAK0awTVIWd_F5QgB1TJvEEbri8MgWRrH9o/s640/2009+dec+Paris+00148blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">I would say that this is a mouthful!<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Whether you are a history buff or not, you would surely enjoy the display of cannons in Cour d'Honneur. </span></div><div></div><div><br />We previously visited the cannons <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2010/09/cour-dhonneur-les-invalides.html"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>here</strong></span></a>.</div>

Umphhh!

I would say that this is a mouthful! Whether you are a history buff or not, you would surely enjoy the display of cannons in Cour d'Honn...

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Cour d'Honneur -- Les Invalides

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh7mDfE0Rv53rQhMOAg0PhCCqNyBe_AnXOOnyThR1-d49As5sTDzAwiV-PqXuhjgxsRFPSGag2xK5C6WS0bXWlz2moJ-B3RJjExyy7qB32O7UKwmZJbccScDOWVD4d7qsCi-bfi7Iiqc/s1600/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00155cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519938871540649330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRh7mDfE0Rv53rQhMOAg0PhCCqNyBe_AnXOOnyThR1-d49As5sTDzAwiV-PqXuhjgxsRFPSGag2xK5C6WS0bXWlz2moJ-B3RJjExyy7qB32O7UKwmZJbccScDOWVD4d7qsCi-bfi7Iiqc/s640/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00155cropped.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br /><div>You do not have to be a fan of France's military history to appreciate the beautiful patina on the cannons in Cour d'Honneur. Some of them date from the reign of François 1er, 1515-1567.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8COF1dR_MuTQsjFMGCSumPZHqlT2YuTcu06TcffLXJs3RxOAspkbe9bAxvmonLlGOIuKXoEcRpYnwa1rSCGuZZnFHXQhmsZ-lEow_cNWkspPpra6goocH6AlyK4y482Bkd9FD00ZxMw/s1600/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00154cropped.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519939705146727170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8COF1dR_MuTQsjFMGCSumPZHqlT2YuTcu06TcffLXJs3RxOAspkbe9bAxvmonLlGOIuKXoEcRpYnwa1rSCGuZZnFHXQhmsZ-lEow_cNWkspPpra6goocH6AlyK4y482Bkd9FD00ZxMw/s320/2009+1206+Paris+Dec+Part+I+00154cropped.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>I have heard that decorators and gardeners go to extreme measures to get the green patina that the centuries have adorned naturally.</div></div>

Cour d'Honneur -- Les Invalides

You do not have to be a fan of France's military history to appreciate the beautiful patina on the cannons in Cour d'Honneur. Some o...

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Bicentenaire de la Bataille de Waterloo

Musée de l'Armée - Habit d'officier de la gendarmerie de France

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Cour d'Honneur -- Les Invalides

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