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Louvre Museum
Listed under Art Collections in Paris, France. Rated 1st of all Art Collections in the world.
The Louvre Museum, with its spectacular glass pyramid, is an icon of Paris and one of the world's most-visited cultural sites. Its vast and rich collections encompass all ages: from antiquity (the Venus de Milo, the Winged Victory) and the Renaissance (the Mona Lisa, works by Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Titian) to 19th-century French masterpieces. The Louvre-Lens project, now underway, will see more of the enormous collection out of storage and on display at a second site in north Paris.
The museum was originally the main Royal Palace in Paris, and was built on the site of an earlier royal fortress, whose remains can be seen on the ground floor. Napoleon, who preferred the Palace of Fontainbleau, turned the Louvre into a repository for all the artworks he looted from throughout Europe - and it remains today one the top three museums in the world, alongside the British Museum and the Hermitage.
Official Louvre Museum Website.
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“The Louvre: an explorer's guide”
By Nigel Tisdall for The Telegraph. First published 7th December 2008. Some people dream of riding a motorbike across Africa, or backpacking from Peru to Patagonia. Others yearn to cruise down the Yangtze, or spend six months travelling round India. Fo… Read more...
Written by press. See the full article in The Telegraph, 7th December 2008
“Excerpt from 'How To Survive the Louvre Museum'”
By Kelby Carr How to: 1. Choose a day and a time when the Louvre is least likely to have long lines. Mornings early in the week (the museum opens at 9 a.m.) work best (although you should keep in mind it is closed Tuesdays). Even though you can get… Read more...
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“Paris; A Ferris wheel outside, the 'Mona Lisa' inside”
By Craig Smith for The New York Times First published October 12, 2003 Here's a combination of the Divide and Conquer and Quick Hit strategies to get a peek in the Louvre. I knew it would be impossible to see Italian Renaissance paintings there with ou… Read more...
Written by press. Full Article from The New York Times
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