Les Invalides - Église du Dôme

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfL6wHJZOnbloIsOX6bD1jPtV_7UtMJsLDb6EGQ66N7OAB-e4SQ-NXQL-QgTpWxTBKdq3G7BSr-uVwYSAge4UyyEO-i_DWOtrA0Udj2Ede6Ut4qUy99leyVJ-vvxtbwPAc6tSKlZmYKY/s1600/photo-2012+march.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424px" nda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQfL6wHJZOnbloIsOX6bD1jPtV_7UtMJsLDb6EGQ66N7OAB-e4SQ-NXQL-QgTpWxTBKdq3G7BSr-uVwYSAge4UyyEO-i_DWOtrA0Udj2Ede6Ut4qUy99leyVJ-vvxtbwPAc6tSKlZmYKY/s640/photo-2012+march.JPG" width="640px" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As a part of les Invalides, this royal chapel was completed in 1708, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The interior of the dome was painted by Charles de La Fosse with a Baroque illusion of space seen from below.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The dome can be seen from all over Paris, but I saw it for the first time two weeks ago.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What an opulent and stunning sight.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>bon dimanche</em></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em></em></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Les Invalides - Église du Dôme </em></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75007, Paris</em></span></div>

Les Invalides - Église du Dôme

As a part of les Invalides, this royal chapel was completed in 1708, inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The interior of the dome ...

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