Louvre Museum

To see the Louvre pyramid is free. To get inside the Louvre, you must spend money.

From the Louvre Pyramid to Notre Dame cathedral, the walking distance is 1.7 km - about 20 to 25 minutes walking mostly on the banks of the Seine river.

Glass is used to build the pyramid located outside the Museum. Cement and Stone were used to construct the museum's walls and floor. Metals were used in the museum for railings and other purposes.

500 ft. tall and 30 ft. wide

LOUVRE is probably a shortened form of 'La Louverie', the wolf's lair. It is not known whether this name was the king's boast of his subjects' complaint. Probably, knowing Parisians, the latter. The first castle here was built in 1200. Its foundations can still be visited since the new entrance tunnels to the Louvre Museum include the basement levels of all the former buildings. François I (1515-1547) knocked it down and built a nice, new, L-shaped palace. In 1563 Queen Catherine de Médicis pulled down an old tile-factory (Tuilerie) six streets away to the East and built a new palace called the Palais des Tuileries. About 1600, she noticed she was getting wet walking through the streets from her own palace to the King's, so she began the Galerie du Bord de l'Eau to join them together. This meant a new building larger than the other two put together, since it had to be a quarter of a mile long and two stories high to bridge over the streets in between. Under Louis XIII and XIV - which means from 1610 to 1715 - The Cour Carrée multiplied the size of the original Louvre by four. At this point, Louis XIV decided the Louvre was far too small, and moved out to Versailles. The building became derelict and squatters moved in. At this stage, remember, the buildings of the Louvre were still in among the city streets. During the Revolution (1791) Louis XVI was forced to move back into the Tuileries, and then Napoleon I lived there. He added enormously to the original Art collection of François I. (It's easy to collect Art if you're a conquering Emperor, you just nick all the best stuff as you go along.) He had the Louvre restored to hold all this loot, and began a new gallery along his new main street, Rue de Rivoli. The job was finished by Napoleon III, who still lived in the Tuileries and let the public into the Louvre to see the Art collection. He also added the two bits designed to conceal the fact that the two long galleries aren't parallel. The whole job was finished, and all the streets in the middle demolished, by 1865; just in time for the fall of the Empire in 1870. During the suppression of the Commune in 1871, some twit burned down the Tuileries Palace. Obviously a serendipitous twit, however, because in so doing he opened up one of the most spectacular urban views in the world, La Grande Perspective; three straight miles from the Louvre to the Arc de Triomphe. In the middle of the open space between the arms of the Louvre is the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, commemorating Napoleon's Austrian campaigns, with an inscription explaining why he had to go off and take Vienna instead of invading England. Originally it had on its top the four bronze horses from St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, but when Napoleon was finally defeated, the Venetians took them back. The Louvre continues to develop; the moat at the Eastern end dates from the 1960s, when it was dug to show off the proportions of the colonnade; and at the very heart of the building is the new glass pyramid designed by I.M.Pei to form the entrance to Le Grand Louvre. Until now, the Louvre has not been all one Museum; a third of it, for example, was the Ministry of Finance. The pyramid leads to a series of underground entrances to the whole building. When the thing's finished, there will be ten miles of galleries; not a Museum you can nip round in half an hour. There are actually six sections; Greek & Roman Antiquities, Egyptian Antiquities, Oriental Antiquities; Sculpture; Paintings; and other works of Art and furniture. see also http://www.grenfell-banks.com/hgbservices/parihist.htm

The Lourve is a Museum in Paris,France. It holds great art masterpieces like the Mona Lisa.

Over 2 million

The Louvre is important because, one time in history, elephants were housed in the building. As you probably know, there are no elephants in France anymore. That is because Napoleon stole and killed all of them. He was an evil, evil man. The Louvre is know a museum because they wanted all the french people to remember that awful day when Napoleon killed all the elephants in France. If you've ever been to the Louvre, every art piece in it has some sort of connections with the elephants. The only art piece that doesn't is the Mona Lisa.

yes it in 1817

Tourists visit the Musée du Louvre to experience its world-renowned art collection, which includes masterpieces like the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. The museum's stunning architecture, including the iconic glass pyramid, also attracts visitors. Additionally, the Louvre's rich history as a former royal palace adds to its allure, making it a must-see destination in Paris. Overall, the combination of art, history, and architecture creates a unique cultural experience.

It's approximately two and a half miles (or about four kilometers) west of the city center.

Mona Lisa

Coronation of Napoleon

On the website of the Louvre the say 35,000 works.

the Arc de Triomphe is 2.5 km away from the Louvre museum. The walk is short but there are plenty of things to look at (the Place de la Concorde and its obelisk and beautiful fountains, the 'Petit Palais' and 'Grand Palais' and all of the Champs Elysees avenue. Two hours are just enough to enjoy the walk.

The Louvre museum did not have to be built to display the artwork collected by the French because it was already completed. The Louvre was originally built in the 12th century as a royal castle to help defend Paris against attacks. It went through many changes until it was finally opened as a museum of art in 1793 shortly after the end of the French Revolution. The complex of buildings was turned over entirely to art and culture in 1882, when the Palace of the French monarchy was demolished. It has taken about 700 years from its start as a castle to the museum it is today.

It was declared a museum in 1791, but opened to the public in 1793.

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Well, I don't know anything that happened in 1990, but I know that the Louvre Pyramid was completed in 1989. Hope that helps.

Eiffel Tower has NOT been "accepted to be listed as a World Heritage Site". It has been listed AS A (small) PART OF the site of "Paris, Banks of the River Seine" which IN TOTAL

a. Represents a masterpiece of human creative genius

b. Exhibits an important interchange of human values in architecture, technology and town planning

c. Is an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble or landscape

According to the official website of Louvre Museum, it is only closed every Tuesday and on the following French holidays: December 25, January 1, May 1, and August 15.

In another words, it should be opened on Easter..

No, the Vatican is NOT the location of the Mona Lisa.

The Mona Lisa has a secure place in the Louvre (museum) in Paris, France.

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