Louvre Museum, Paris

Former royal palace in the complex and impressive architecture, it is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. It brings together outstanding collections from many civilizations, from antiquity to 1830.

Undoubtedly the most famous of the French capital, the Louvre is itself the main pretext of a trip to Paris .

It is the largest museum in Paris by area with 210,000 square meters of which 60,600 are devoted to temporary exhibitions which makes him one of the most important museums in the world.

The building, while not new, is between the right bank of the Seine and the rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.

The building that houses the museum dates from the twelfth century and has long changed its focus from a medieval castle and palace of the kings of France to become the Palais du Louvre in 1793.

Its collections are organized into eight departments. The equestrian statue of Louis XIV constitutes the starting point of the historic axis but does not reveal an axis of visit.

The visit is organized into eight departments:

• Eastern Antiquities

• Egyptian antiquities

• Greek, Etruscan and Roman

• Islamic Art

• Sculptures

• Works of art

• Paintings

• Graphics

Not forgetting the two sections that have been added, they are on the Arts in Africa , with Oceania and the Americas as well as history of the Louvre

In the gallery you will find the Carrousel: shops, auditorium, restaurants and museum bookshop.

On show at the Louvre

• The masterpieces of the museum:

• The Mona Lisa

• Victory of Samothrace

• The Venus de Milo

• The Sphinx

The Louvre Palace which houses the museum:

• The colonnade of the Louvre

• The courtyard of the Louvre

• The Louvre Pyramid

• The Middle Ages

• The mall Carrousel

Do the Louvre

• Visit the museum, which can take you several hours

• Relax in the Jardin des Tuileries near

• Having a drink or eat at Cafe Marly

• Follow the footsteps of the Da Vinci Code in the Louvre

Close

• The Carrousel du Louvre

• The Tuileries Gardens

• Rue de Rivoli

• The Louvre Antiques

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