10 points to whoever knows the name of this french building?

Question

i have pics of it from my trip but i forgot the name

http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff18/paradiseprincess126/?action=view&current=P1000199.jpg

thank u sooooo much!

Answer 1

Rose T is right, it is the 'Institut de France'. The footbridge in front of it is the Pont des Arts.

Answer 2

The Institute of France

Answer 3

The "Institut de France", home of the Académie Française and Académie des Sciences.

Answer 4

Les Invalides

(The name comes from it being partly a military hospital for wounded/invalid soldiers). It also contains a military museum.

And the center part of the building contains the tombs of many important frenchmen, including Napoleons tomb..

Answer 5

It is the Académie française

L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution, it was restored in 1803 by Napoleon Bonaparte (the Académie considers itself having been suspended, not suppressed, during the revolution). It is the oldest of the five académies of the Institut de France.