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Louvre

The Louvre Museum is an intersection of time, space and national boundaries. The rich collection includes objects from the Egyptian pharaons, the halls of Roman Emperors, paints by French artists and many other interesting collections. From the fortress of Philippe Auguste (1190) to the completion of the "Grand Dessein" (1870), the Louvre palace has extended progressively along the right bank of the Seine. A true barrier separating the northern and southern parts of the city, the building constitutes the point of departure of the great East-West view, which crosses the Arc du Carrousel, the obelisk in the Place de la Concorde, the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysées, and extends right out to the new Arch de la Défense. The international renown of the Louvre museum sometimes makes us forget that it was originally designed as a palace. Since the Middle Ages, its development has been quite exceptional, marked by both the major events of French history and the succession of architects and decorators who have left their mark on it.
Established in 1793 by the French Republic, the Louvre Museum, in the company of the Ashmolean Museum (1683), the Dresden Museum (1744) and the Vatican Museum (1784) is one of the earliest European museums. Divided into 7 departments, the Louvre collections incorporate works dating from the birth of the great antique civilisations right up to the first half of the XIXth century, thereby confirming its encyclopaedic vocation. The collections are: Oriental Antiquities, Islamic Art, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sculptures, Art Objects, Paintings, Prints and Drawings, History of the Louvre and Art of Civilizations of Africa, Asia, Oceania and Americas. The Pyramid, one of the Museum’s entrance, was built in 1985 by the architect I.M.Pei. The idea was to move the museum’s entrance to an underground level in the Cour Napoléon, surmounted by this pyramid.
This proposal met many controversies: some saw it like a sacrilege; others like a stroke of genius. The masterpieces here exposed are so many that we cannot mention each of them: we absolutely have to indicate the world famous “Monnalisa” or “Gioconda” by Leonardo da Vinci, many paintings by Italian artists such as Michelangelo and Guido Reni; drawings by Leonardo, Michelangelo, Salviati and Correggio; and the enchanting Egyptian collection. If you come in Paris, you cannot loose a visit to one of the most interesting museums of the world!

Aden/Upper Yaffa, 1967, Louvre

Andorra (french post), 1983, Balloons, Louvre

Cambodge, 1989, Coach near Louvre

China, 1998, Louvre palace

Comoren Islands, 2008, Buildings of Paris

El Salvador, 1998, Player and the Louvre

France, 1936, Plane over Paris