Church of Saint-Louis

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Dome des Invalides in Paris, France, features a grand baroque facade and a prominent gold-domed roof, with people walking in the courtyard below.

Church of Saint-Louis

church, Paris, France

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The Invalides of Paris
…belongs to the church of Saint-Louis. The dome was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, who employed a style known in France as jésuite because it derives from the Jesuits’ first church in Rome, built in 1568. (The churches of the French Academy [Académie Française], the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, and the Sorbonne, as…
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…belongs to the church of Saint-Louis. The dome was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, who employed a style known in France as jésuite because it derives from the Jesuits’ first church in Rome, built in 1568. (The churches of the French Academy [Académie Française], the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, and the Sorbonne, as…
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