Napoleons Tomb part 7

After viewing the displays on the various wings and floors, I climbed up (and up) to the very top of the Hotel des Invalides, it seemed like a lot of floors but I think it was only about 6. See those little, tiny round windows? The picture below shows them from the inside. You walk down to the end of the hallway and go into a pitch dark room. Once again, I was alone, but because it was so dark, and it seemed so deserted, I was a little nervous until I noticed a door that led to the always present souviner shop. I was reassured that I was not all alone way up here.

The room was very large and contained these relief maps, all in huge glass cases. They are scale models (1/600) of towns, chateaus, fortresses and the countryside that were used during battles and wars. The detail was simply incredible, each tiny house even had windows and doors. Some of these date back to the 1600's. Just incredible!