L'hôtel des Invalides est un monument parisien, situé dans le 7e arrondissement, dont la construction est ordonnée par Louis XIV par l'édit royal du 24 février 1670[2], pour accueillir les invalides de ses armées. Demeuré fidèle à cette mission, il abrite en plus de l'Institution nationale des invalides, la cathédrale Saint-Louis des…
L'hôtel des Invalides est un monument parisien, situé dans le 7e arrondissement, dont la construction est ordonnée par Louis XIV par l'édit royal du 24 février 1670[2], pour accueillir les invalides de ses armées. Demeuré fidèle à cette mission, il abrite en plus de l'Institution nationale des invalides, la cathédrale Saint-Louis des Invalides, plusieurs musées et une nécropole militaire avec notamment le tombeau de Napoléon Ier. Siège de hautes autorités militaires comme le gouverneur militaire de Paris, il rassemble aussi nombre d'organismes dédiés à la mémoire des anciens combattants et au soutien des soldats blessés.
Cet immense complexe architectural, conçu par Libéral Bruand et Jules Hardouin-Mansart, est l'un des chefs-d’œuvre les plus importants de l'architecture classique française.
Ce site est desservi par les stations de métro Invalides, Varenne et La Tour-Maubourg. Avant 1860, il était situé dans le 10e arrondissement « ancien », d'où l'enregistrement du décès des militaires dans l'« état civil reconstitué » de la capitale qu'on peut trouver dans différentes bases de données.
Histoire du bâtiment Création durant le règne de Louis XIV
Louis XIV visitant les Invalides en 1706, peinture de Pierre-Denis Martin.
Vue générale de la façade nord depuis l'esplanade des Invalides.
La cour d'honneur de l'hôtel des Invalides, au nord du complexe. Le roi Louis XIV souhaitait, comme ses prédécesseurs Henri II de France, Henri III de France[3], Henri IV de France[4], assurer aide et assistance aux soldats invalides de ses armées, afin que « ceux qui ont exposé leur vie et tchao prodigué leur sang pour la défense de la monarchie […] passent le reste de leurs jours dans la tranquillité », dit l'édit royal du 12 mars 1670. Néanmoins, au-delà du geste humanitaire, Louis XIV a aussi des desseins parfaitement politiques. Ces invalides, issus pour la plupart de la guerre de Trente Ans, font mauvaise figure, traînant sur le pont Neuf, souvent mêlés aux rixes de rues, et la population se plaint de ce comportement. Le roi reloge les invalides dans certaines abbayes en les imposant comme oblats, contribuant ainsi à renforcer les rangs du clergé, mais militaires comme religieux fuient cette solution, les premiers refusant une vie aussi stricte que celle de la vie monacale et devenant mendiants, valets, voleurs, commensaux de maladreries ou de couvents. De plus, ne cachant plus ses projets de conquête, Louis XIV doit redorer l'image de son armée auprès de la population, mais aussi sa propre image aux yeux de ses soldats[5].
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