There is a law of nature. You can't control whole world.

@Thinkerbell He's below the local outside ground level.

It's like Peter's bones...literally.

@SomeMichGuy

No he isn't.
His sarcophagus is below the dome of les Invalides, well above surrounding ground level.

@Thinkerbell Yes, I know, I've been there.

@SomeMichGuy

So that's a false dome about two floors above the sarcophagus, not the actual dome at the top of the building?

@Thinkerbell No.

The photo I showed correctly says that's how the sarcophagus looks from the ground floor--it's in a circular gallery which is mostly "below the local outside ground level", as your own photo of the front + the photo I provided (with the caption context) show.

My basement is below ground except for the last few courses of block. If I look down into my basement from the ground floor, it doesn't magically make it above ground or make my house not real.

That sarcophagus is in a gallery constructed mostly "below the local outside ground level". I chose the words carefully and your photo is part of the proof, as it shows the ground floor level of the church is not far above "the local outside ground level"; put it together with the inside photo, and you can see.

@SomeMichGuy

Four comments back, I showed an outside view of the church, which has two floors above ground level in the rectangular part of the building. Above that, there is the dome-capped rotunda containing a third floor.

The picture I posted in the same comment seems to show that the sarcophagus rests one floor below where the rotunda starts; i.e., on the second floor of the rectangular part of the building.

@Thinkerbell

I can see where one could be misled.

Like many domes, the visible interior of this dome is much smaller than the show dome on the outside. Here's a section showing that:


It also shows the ground floor, with the altar straight back.

That agrees with these photos


and puts this floor plan into context:

@SomeMichGuy

So that means there is indeed a false interior dome, situated well below the exterior one. Thank you for the info.

@Thinkerbell No prob.

It's a standard architectual design / trick.