

Ecole militaire
Gros-Caillou
Napoleon honed his military chops at this regal 18th-century academy designed by the architect behind Versailles's Petit Trianon. Mostly closed to the public, but the classical façade is stunning from the Champ de Mars.
Royal military academy
Napoleon's training ground
18th-century French architecture
Ange-Jacques Gabriel design
Ecole militaire
Gros-Caillou


Napoleon honed his military chops at this regal 18th-century academy designed by the architect behind Versailles's Petit Trianon. Mostly closed to the public, but the classical façade is stunning from the Champ de Mars.
Royal military academy
Napoleon's training ground
18th-century French architecture
Ange-Jacques Gabriel design