Les Invalides in Paris, France consists of a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement, now containing museums and monuments, all relating to France's military history, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans, the building's original purpose.
To the north the courtyard (cour d'honneur), is extended by a wide public esplanade (Esplanade des Invalides) where the embassies of Austria and Finland are neighbors of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, all forming one of the grand open spaces in the heart of Paris.
The Hôpital des Invalides spurred William III of England to emulation, in the military Greenwich Hospital of 1694.
From the north front of Les Invalides, the dome of the church dominates the long façade of 200 meters, 220 yards, and seems to be part of the same building, yet there is a courtyard, the Cour d'Honneur, over 100 meters long separating them (see the photo at the top of page).
On the north side of Hôtel des Invalides is the expansive Esplanande des Invalides.
Bordering the Eglise du Dôme in the south-west corner of the grounds Hotel des Invalides is the Jardin de l'Intendant, Garden of the Steward.
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