Hotel des Invalides, Paris, 2008
Not only do they shield the windows,
And defend the windows,
They are the windows!
The dome over Napoleon's tomb is gilded with more than half a million gold leaves,
or more than 20 pounds of gold!
or more than 20 pounds of gold!
His body is inside 6 different coffins (sort of like Russian nesting dolls)
and finally it was set inside this mahogany tomb.
Who doesn't need a nice place to rest after taking over the world?(You can understand why he was probably poisoned in the end.)
Me thinks he overcompensated a little too much for something. Not sure what, but something.
ReplyDeleteParanoia. Such an entertaining thing for the ones looking in.
ReplyDeleteI wish that we had seen that when we were there! The dome looks gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteOk, my comment above could have been titled "The comment to nowhere". I actually had a pretty great thought inside my head, it just bonked on the presentation.
ReplyDeleteI meant to explain that it's fascinating to witness the great lengths that people who have a distorted grandiosity about themselves will go to to ensure their own protection and safety.