The Musee du Louvre is on of Paris's historic monuments and is undoubtedly one of the world's most impressive museums. It contains a staggeringly impressive 35,000 priceless objects from prehistory to the 19th century which are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres. With more than 8 million visitors each year, the Louvre is also the world's most visited museum
Where is the Louvre?
4 Place du Louvre
Paris
Post code 75001
FRANCE
It is located on the right back of the river Seine. There are various ways to get to the Louvre, so consider the following:
By Métro:
Palais-Royal–Musée du Louvre station.
Bus: the following bus lines stop in front of the Pyramid: 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95, and the Paris Open Tour bus.
By Car:
An underground parking garage is available for those coming by car. The entrance is located on avenue du Général Lemonnier. It is open daily from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
By Batobus:
Get off at the Louvre stop, quai François Mitterrand.
From Orly Airport:
Take the RER C train, direction Champs de Mars-Tour Eiffel, and get off at Saint-Michel-Notre-Dame. Walk to the place Saint-Michel and take bus no. 27, direction Saint-Lazare. Get off at the Louvre, in front of the Pyramid.
From Charles de Gaulle Airport:
Take the RER B train, direction Massy-Palaiseau, and change at Châtelet-les-Halles to line 14, direction Saint-Lazare. Get off at Pyramides station and walk to the Louvre from there (3 minutes). Alternatively, take Métro line 1 at Châtelet-les-Halles, and get off at Palais-Royal–Musée du Louvre.
A brief history of the Louvre
In fact you can still see remnants of the fortress as they are visible in the basement of the museum
In the 16th century, François I replaced the existing building with a Renaissance-style palace and founded the royal art collection with 12 paintings from Italy.
During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum, to display the nation's masterpieces.
It opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property.
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By 1874, the Louvre Palace had achieved its present form of an almost rectangular structure.
In 1983, French President François Mitterrand proposed, as one of his Grands Projets to renovate the building allowing displays throughout the building.
Architect I. M. Pei was awarded the project and proposed a glass pyramid to stand over a new entrance in the main court, the Cour Napoléon.
The pyramid and its underground lobby were inaugurated on 15 October 1988. The second phase of the Grand Louvre plan, La Pyramide Inversée (The Inverted Pyramid), was completed in 1993.
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