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It used to be where the kings and there families lived, then it got turned into a fortress of defense, and now it's an art museum.
which monument is the former castle of the kings of France
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the name of the glass pyramid in louvre is called "The Glass Pyramid" seriously.no joke.
people lived inside it
In the Louvre collection you will find all the big names. You name them - they are there!
castle
It's the name of an important museum in Paris and a former royal palace.
Bach when France was still a monarchy, French kings used to live in the palace of Versailles and in the numerous palaces and castles they owned : le Louvre, Fontainebleau, ...
The predecessor of the museum was a mediaeval fortress, then a royal palace, both called the louvre.
Kings.
There are many speculations about where the name Louvre comes from. One is that it is from the Saxon language word leovar (also spelled lovar, lover, leowar, leower, leawer or lower), which can be translated as "castle" or "fortified camp". It then evolved into Louvre.