Saint-Louis-des-Invalides

In 1676 the soldiers’ church of the Hôtel des Invalides was entrusted to the young Jules Hardouin-Mansart, after Libéral Bruant had been unable to complete it: a long nave of nine bays without a transept, separate from the Dôme beside it. About a hundred flags taken from the enemy hang along its cornice. Since 1986 it has been the cathedral of the diocese of the French armed forces. The photograph shows the white marble pulpit with its gilded reliefs.