AURA INVALIDES is an immersive multimedia experience that lives in the heart of the Dôme des Invalides.
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Discover your Immersive experience
Come nightfall, the interior of this iconic Parisian monument takes on new life through the magic of lighting, video mapping, and orchestral music. This unified multimedia spectacle showcases the site’s exceptional beauty and heritage.
Over the course of nearly 50 minutes, you are invited on a multisensory tour. Guided by light, you explore the Dôme des Invalides and its six chapels, where you uncover illuminating revelations.
Inspired by the spirit of the site, this captivating, immersive experience radiates a stunning beauty that moves you. Immersive image technology and spatialized sound magnify and enhance existing architectural features, inviting you to rediscover the iconic heritage site.
This innovatively-orchestrated, three-part exploration resonates with individual visitors and sparks a unique moment of collective connection.
Transporting Visitors to the Heart of the Experience
AURA INVALIDES is an immersive, nighttime tour structured by three main movements that evoke the monument’s core elements: creation, memories, and universal elevation.
Each movement provides you time for active exploration to discover the site’s many facets, join in an act of collective contemplation, and tap into the emotions it inspires.
First Movement: Creation
The first movement is a mysterious revelation that evokes the Dome’s construction, the harmony of its proportions, and the ingenuity of its architecture.
Second Movement: Collective Memory
The second movement evokes the monument’s collective memory. By encountering a variety of fragmented stories that encapsulate the richness and permanence of its animated memories, you are instilled with the sensation of traveling through time.
Third Movement: Universal Elevation
The third movement is a unifying celebration of the “here and now”. This visually-stunning, multisensorial moment invites you to let go and immerse yourselves in scenes inspired by the spirit of the site. Elevated by the aura of the Dôme des Invalides, you forge new connections with the monument.
Over the course of nearly 50 minutes, you are invited on a multisensory tour. Guided by light, you explore the Dôme des Invalides and its six chapels, where you uncover illuminating revelations.
Inspired by the spirit of the site, this captivating, immersive experience radiates a stunning beauty that moves you. Immersive image technology and spatialized sound magnify and enhance existing architectural features, inviting you to rediscover the iconic heritage site.
This innovatively-orchestrated, three-part exploration resonates with individual visitors and sparks a unique moment of collective connection.
Transporting Visitors to the Heart of the Experience
AURA INVALIDES is an immersive, nighttime tour structured by three main movements that evoke the monument’s core elements: creation, memories, and universal elevation.
Each movement provides you time for active exploration to discover the site’s many facets, join in an act of collective contemplation, and tap into the emotions it inspires.
First Movement: Creation
The first movement is a mysterious revelation that evokes the Dome’s construction, the harmony of its proportions, and the ingenuity of its architecture.
Second Movement: Collective Memory
The second movement evokes the monument’s collective memory. By encountering a variety of fragmented stories that encapsulate the richness and permanence of its animated memories, you are instilled with the sensation of traveling through time.
Third Movement: Universal Elevation
The third movement is a unifying celebration of the “here and now”. This visually-stunning, multisensorial moment invites you to let go and immerse yourselves in scenes inspired by the spirit of the site. Elevated by the aura of the Dôme des Invalides, you forge new connections with the monument.
Visitor Reviews
Sublime !
- 21 Feb 2025
Verified reservation
Son et lumière absolument magnifique, un moment magique qui restera gravé dans nos mémoires et celles de nos enfants.
Dixit: c'est le plus beau jour de ma vie.
Lumière, drapeau et yeux qui brillent
- 20 Feb 2025
C'était magnifique, une manière super belle de visiter les Invalides !
Epoustouflant
- 20 Feb 2025
Magnifique
- 20 Feb 2025
C'était vraiment un moment incroyable, hors du temps, merci pour ce moment
Useful information
- Experience not recommended for children under 5 years old.
- Sensitive persons should be aware that there are flickering lights and high sound volume during the experience.
- The experience is ambulatory. There are stairs inside and outside the Dôme des Invalides
- Please note that there are no toilets available on site.
- No latecomers will be admitted after the beginning of the session.
- The show is understandable no matter the language.
Point de RDV :
- Entrance only via Place Vauban (near the Ecole Militaire or St François Xavier metro stations).
- The show lasts about 50 minutes.
Number of persons
Access Dôme des Invalides
Address
Dôme des Invalides
2 place Vauban - 75007 Paris
2 place Vauban - 75007 Paris
Access
M13 Saint-François-Xavier (6mn), M8 Ecole Militaire (8mn)
Bus L92 Vauban, L28 La Tour Maubourg, L69 Varennes
Parking 23 rue de Constantine
Bus L92 Vauban, L28 La Tour Maubourg, L69 Varennes
Parking 23 rue de Constantine