Les Invalides

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Les Invalides

Paris · Landmark

The Hôtel des Invalides, commonly called Les Invalides, is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and an old soldiers' retirement home, the building's original purpose. The buildings house the Musée de l'Armée, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d'Histoire Contemporaine.

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Country: Paris · Landmark
Latitude: 48.86° N
Longitude: 2.31° E

Which way is Les Invalides from…

From London, Les Invalides lies at 149° to the south-east, 342 km as the crow flies.

London	149° south-east	342 km
New York	54° north-east	5,835 km
Madrid	25° north-east	1,051 km
Rome	318° north-west	1,107 km
Montreal	57° north-east	5,503 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	328° north-west	9,367 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Due south of the Grand Palais, at 180° and 1.2 km, across the Seine: that is where Les Invalides stand. From the Pont Alexandre III the bearing is almost the same, 185°, 1 km away. From the Eiffel Tower, aim east, at 106°, 1.4 km, and from Notre-Dame, due west, at 275°, 2.7 km.