Sethukarnan's Paris Tour-Sacre Coeur& Rodin Museum- 21July2010.wmv

The Basilica of Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart), is located on the hill of Montmartre, the highest point in Paris. After the Eiffel Tower, its main dome, is the second highest point in Paris. A statue of Christ, flanked on either side by two bronze equestrian statues of St. Joan of Arc and St. Louis, welcomes you
at the main entrance. The Basilica is located on the site where St. Denis was beheaded because of his faith in the third century. The main tourist attraction is the panorama of Paris from the steps or highest central dome of the church.
The Rodin Museum in Paris displays works by Rodin. It contains most of his significant creations, (The Thinker, The Kiss and The Gates of Hell), and his entire collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Many of his sculptures are also on display in the museum's garden.

Les Invalides, the fabulous building in Paris, houses museums and monuments relating to the military history of France and tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte. The tomb was crafted out of red porphyry imported from Russia and was placed on a green granite base. There is a statue of the Emperor at the back of the crypt. Napoleon Bonaparte I, exiled to the island of St Helena, died on 5th May in 1821. After seven years of negotiations with the British, the King Louis-Philippe of France obtained permission to bring back Napoleon's remains to France. After a state funeral in 1840, the body of the Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte I was eventually laid to rest in the tomb on 2nd April 1861.

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