Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Hotel des Invalides

You can see here that there are two walls surrounding the compound of the hotel. Actually it is a big concrete ditch to protect the place in the old times. This was a military site before it is being turned into a hotel in the modern days.
ditch - a narrow channel dug in the ground, typically used for drainage alongside a road or the edge of a field.

The entrance of the hotel.

The first front. The hotel is double frontage. There's no back door.

At the centre inside the hotel compound.

A tame pigeon. I get to touch it. Pigeon is normally very shy.

The place is practically surrounded by tens of this stuff. Behind is Musee de I'Armee or military museum. In Europe there are hundreds of museums. An informative culture of the west.

One of the world first tank car.

The top of the golden dome.

This is the other entrance. The main entrance I think.

This is what I think the barrack of the soldiers in those days. Situated beside the main building.

Aiman outside the compound. You can see the concrete ditch clearly from here. The ditch that kept the enemy away from the compound.


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