Paris is full of beauties particularly around the Concorde Square area. Yesterday I passed by Les Invalides. It is one of the most beautiful monuments in Paris. There are plenty of buildings and tombs in this complex. The most notable tomb at Les Invalides is that of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821). Napoleon was initially interred on Saint Helen, but King Louis Philippe arranged for his remains to be brought to France in 1840. Napoléon's ashes were first buried in the Chapelle Saint-Jérôme in the Invalides until his final resting place, a tomb made of red quartzite and resting on a green granite base, was finished in 1861. Some members of Napoleon's family, several military officers who served under him, and other French military heroes are also buried at Les Invalides:
