Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE BEAUTIFUL DOME of the In- valides, pictured here,- can be seen from many parts of Paris. It is the chapel of the Hotel des Invalides which was built in 1671 to house old veterans. At one time it accommodated over 6,000 men, but a great part of the building has been converted into a war museum, and the church is the setting for Napo1eon's tomb. The dome was built by Jules Hardouin Mansart, who was responsible for so much of Versailles. Not only is it struc- turally a great achievement, but it is also a singularly graceful and charming piece of building. The church itself was planned by Bruant, ands its dignified classical architecture is a fitting setting for an imperial tomb. Directly beneath the dome, in a circular well, is placed the marble sarcophagus under which lies the body of Napoleon. Above, on the main Hoor in various recesses, are the tombs of joseph Bonaparte, Napo1eon's son, as well as those of Duroc and Ber- trand, his two closest friends. On the East side, there is the tomb of Marshal Foch, victor of the First World War. 'It is an impressive monument which represents him in bronze being carried to his last resting place by some of his soldiers. Also within are the tombs of Vauban, the greatest military engineer of the seventeenth century, and of Turenne, Louis XIV's most brilliant general. ' The Madeleinjblegun in the reign of The WVor1d-Famous Eiffel Tower. Built in 1889, it The Palais de Lumcembourg, built for L ' , d b N l . commands a superb view from its 1,000 foot height. Marie de' Medici in Italian style ,A ouis XV, complete y apo eon

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-i--'I 3 waqi. , . -fu.,-s-,sa-m....-4 E 13 t HOME OF the famed seven- teenth century Palace of Ver- sailles. The Palace and the Gar- dens remain as an overpowering monument to the state of affairs of its time as an exhaustive drain on the French Treasury. Its pres- ence marked a change in art and government, each of which had then become toys of an elect group-objects and ideals forced upon a populace which had no part in its formulation. Reaction was inevitable, and this grandeur served in some measure to has- ten the revolt which culminated in the French Revolution. Lgnapel of Versailles, designed and built by Jules H. Mansart, was begun in 1699, but was not completed until after his death in 1708. Formal Gardens, a part of the massive The Petit Trianon, built in 1762-68, was The Music Room of the Petit Trianon gardens of Versailles. Fountains here are the private palace of Marie Antionette displays the delicate, intimate, and flow turned on only on special occasions be- where she was the exalted ruler, and held ing details of the art of this period Ro cause their use deprives Paris of water. her own court. cocco Periodj. 139