Places, museums, monuments : 32
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Place, museum or monumentMuseum of Public Health and the Hospitals of ParisSituated in the Latin quarter close to Notre-Dame cathedral, the Museum of Public Health and the Hospitals of Paris (Musée de l'Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris) has been sited in the Hôtel de Miramion, a building attributed to François Mansart, since its creation. This private town mansion was, as early as 1674, associated with […]
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Place, museum or monumentHome of Chateaubriand – La Vallée-aux-LoupsFollowing his article against Napoleon which had appeared in the Mercure in 1807, Chateaubriand, victim of imperial censorship, was forced to move out of at least two houses in Paris. However, thanks to the success of his earlier publications, Atala and Le Génie du Christianisme, he was able to afford a modest property located in […]
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Place, museum or monumentMarmottan Museum
Situated in the La Muette neighbourhood between the Parc du Ranelagh gardens and the Bois de Boulogne, the Marmottan Museum has its home in alarge town house built in the Empire style. Once a hunting lodgebuilt for the maréchal Kellermann, the house was purchased in 1882by Jules Marmottan who saw it as the ideal place […]
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Place, museum or monumentNational Museum of the Château de MalmaisonThe château de Malmaison, purchased by Josephine in 1799 was, together with the Tuileries, the French government's headquarters from 1800 to 1802. When Napoleon moved to Saint-Cloud, Josephine stayed in Malmaison and commissioned a wide range of improvements to the house. She settled in permanently after her divorce in 1809 and died there on May […]
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Place, museum or monumentMusée de l’Histoire de France – National ArchiveThe Museum of the History of France was created in 1867 by Napoleon III as a means of presenting to the public the most interesting and the most prestigious documents held in the National Archive. The National Archive itself was a creation of the Revolution but it was not until Napoleon 1st took a hand […]
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Place, museum or monumentBois-Préau National MuseumThe Bois-Préau Château is situated in the midst of a landscaped park of over 42 acres which used to be part of the Malmaison estate and was bought by Josephine in 1810. Indeed she used it as an annex for Malmaison in order to accommodate both her doctor and guests. Rebuilt in 1855, the subsequent […]
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Place, museum or monumentChâteau de PierrefondsThis enormous fortress constructed in the 14th century by Louis d'Orléans, the brother of Charles VI, the Château de Pierrefonds, was besieged and then torn down by Louis XIII at the beginning of the 17th century. For almost two centuries the imposing ruins stood unattended – nearly unnoticed. It was not until the end of […]
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Place, museum or monumentLes Invalides, the Military Museum and Tomb of NapoleonThe Hôtel des Invalides was commissioned in 1670 by Louis XIV in order to provide accommodation and hospital care for wounded soldiers. In 1815, after Napoleon’s abdication, over 5,000 survivors of the Great Army were listed there. Napoleon inspected the place and visited his men in 1808, 1813 and 1815. The chapel of the Invalides […]
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Place, museum or monumentChâteau de Grosbois Napoleonic MuseumAt the end of the 16th century, the treasurer of the 'Epargne', lord of Blayes and Chardonnet, Raoul Moreau, built a château on the previously royal land of Grosbois. This estate was subsequently sold to the son of Charles IX, Charles d'Angoulème. And it was Angoulème who gave the park and the château its present-day […]
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Place, museum or monumentMuseum of the Army Service de Santé Medical Corps – Val-de-GrâceThe magnificent ensemble of Val-de-Grâce is the architectural symbol of excellence in military medecine. With its army medical school and army medical museum containing archives and library, and with the new military hospital comprising 13 specialist clinics, it represents a complete centre of medical expertise. The church of Val-de-Grâce was commissioned by Anne of Austruia […]