The museum highlights the impressionist artists who radically departed from neoclassicism and paved a path to 20th-century modern art. Some of the world s most impressive war memorials are located on the Left Bank. The H tel des Invalides, which was commissioned by Louis XIV, was the first national military hospital. Napoleon Bonaparte later transformed the structure into a tribute to himself. Inside the Invalides is Napoleon s tomb - a structure consisting of six coffins, one inside the other.
Magnificent statues surround the crypt.
The Champs de Mars leads to the Eiffel Tower - the tallest structure in the world at the time of its completion in 1889.