King Louis XIV commissioned Jules Hardouin Mansart to build his private royal chapel, directly inspired by Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome.
  

The dome at the top of Saint-Louis des Invalides, the royal chapel in the Hôpital des Invalides complex.

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