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Louvre

 

The Louvre is obviously one of the world's leading museums: it was constructed in several stages under the rule of various sovereigns and was once an immense building site where the dreams and wishes of kings came to be fulfilled. It has always symbolically represented the power of royalty and the Nation. Numerous world-famous masterpieces are kept there: the "Virgin of the Rocks" (1483-1486) and the "Mona Lisa" (1503-1506) by Leonardo, the "Deposition" (1525) by Tiziano, "The wedding of Cana" (1562-1563) by Veronese, the "Venus of Milo" (100 a.c.), a masterpiece sculpture of Hellenistic art, the "Nike (Greek Goddess) of Samotracia" (190 a.c.), an unforgettable sculpture held at the top of a staircase on the first floor.
Entrance to the museum is through the Pyramid of 1988 by Ieoh Ming Pei: it is 21m in height, constructed in glass with a stainless steel structure resting on a 30m wide aluminium framework; the base of the pyramid is in black Brittany granite like those of the seven ponds which surround it. The Carousel Pyramid, also by Pei, is located in the shopping gallery: it is smaller than its twin and has its head reversed, suspended 1.40m from the pavement.
From the Pyramid one can access the three main wings into which the museum divides itself: Richelieu, Sully and Denon. Each of them has four floors: mezzanine, ground floor, first floor and second floor. Given the immense number of masterpieces kept, visiting the entire museum would take several days. The three sections accommodate:
1) Richelieu: French painters of the XIV-XVII centuries
German, Flemish and Dutch, Northern School painters 
Medieval, Renaissance, XVII and XIX Century objects of art
Apartments of Napoleon III
French sculptures
Mesopotamia, ancient Iran
Islamic Art

2) Sully: French painters of the XVII-XVIII-XIX centuries
Designs and pastels from the XVII-XVIII-XIX centuries
Objects of art from the XVII-XVIII centuries
Greece, Etruscans, Rome
Egypt of the Pharaohs
Ancient Iran, Arab World, Levant
History of the museum, the medieval Louvre

3) Denon:  Italian and Spanish painters
French painters of the XIX century
Apollon Gallery and Crown Jewels
Italian, Spanish and North European sculptures
Greece, Etruscans, Rome
Roman Egypt and Coptic era
African, Asiatic, American and Oceania Art

Opening hours, prices and how to get there:

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Metro (Paris underground): line1, Royal Palace/Louvre Museum station
Bus: numbers 21, 24, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 81, 95
The Louvre is open every day from 9.00 to 18.00 except Tuesdays. On Wednesdays and Fridays opening is extended to 20.45. It is also closed on the following public holidays: 1st January, 1st May, 15th August and 25th December.

Entrance is free on all first Sundays of the month and on the 14th of July. The cost of a ticket for the permanent collections is 8.50 Euros. Entrance is valid for one day and does not include the temporary collections in the Napoleon Room; it does however include access to the Eugène Delacroix museum.
Entrance costs 6 Euros from 18.00 to 20.45 on Wednesdays and Fridays.
The ticket for temporary exhibitions in the Napoleon Room costs 8.50 Euros.
There is also a cumulative ticket, costing from 13 Euros and valid for permanent and temporary collections as well as for the Eugène Delacroix Museum. In addition, a combined nocturnal ticket for Wednesdays and Fridays from 18.00 to 20.45 is available, allowing visits to both permanent and nocturnal collections at a cost of 11 Euros.

 

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Sights not to be missed

» Défanse
» Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges-Pompidou
» Champs-Elysèes
» Latin quarter
» Louvre
» Monmartre and Sacre Coeur
» Musèe d'Orsay
» Notre Dame
» Tour Eiffel