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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Paris, Île-de-France, Franceen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1676-1679 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorMansart, Jules Hardouinen_US
dc.date1676-1679en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T21:47:08Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T21:47:08Z
dc.date.issued1676-1679en_US
dc.identifier186479en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1898en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95673
dc.descriptionPart of Les Invalides complex built for veterans, this was the first chapel built. In 1676 Hardouin Mansart was commissioned to build the church of the Hôtel des Invalides, after Libéral Bruand, who designed the rest of the complex, failed to produce a satisfactory scheme. For this almost monastic establishment for disabled soldiers, Hardouin Mansart created a bipartite building: the first part [Église St-Louis], a nine-bay nave for the pensioners, has a barrel vault and side aisles with tribunes opening through flattened arches, following 17th-century French models. The vault, decorated with the military trophies of France, houses the governors crypt, where many governors of the Invalides, marshals of France and great military leaders lie. Dedicated to Saint Louis and consecrated to the Holy Trinity , the Church is administratively attached to the Musée de l'Armée since the museum's creation in 1905.; Part of Les Invalides complex built for veterans, this was the first chapel built. In 1676 Hardouin Mansart was commissioned to build the church of the Hôtel des Invalides, after Libéral Bruand, who designed the rest of the complex, failed to produce a satisfactory scheme. For this almost monastic establishment for disabled soldiers, Hardouin Mansart created a bipartite building: the first part [Église St-Louis], a nine-bay nave for the pensioners, has a barrel vault and side aisles with tribunes opening through flattened arches, following 17th-century French models. The vault, decorated with the military trophies of France, houses the governors crypt, where many governors of the Invalides, marshals of France and great military leaders lie. Dedicated to Saint Louis and consecrated to the Holy Trinity , the Church is administratively attached to the Musée de l'Armée since the museum's creation in 1905. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 6/21/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectmilitaryen_US
dc.subjectwaren_US
dc.subjectLouis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715en_US
dc.subjectveteransen_US
dc.subjectpensionersen_US
dc.subjectretireesen_US
dc.subjectSeventeenth centuryen_US
dc.titleInvalides: Église St-Louisen_US
dc.title.alternativeEglise des Soldatsen_US
dc.title.alternativeSoldiers' Churchen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-F-P-I-4-A6en_US
vra.culturalContextFrenchen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypenaveen_US
vra.worktypechurchen_US
dc.contributor.displayJules Hardouin Mansart (French architect, 1646-1708)en_US


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