PARIS - Louvre Museum and the pyramid

Reference : FR056

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Size : 10 x 15 cm

"Paris et ses merveilles - Le Palais du Louvre et la pyramide (architecte Ieoch Ming Pei - Etablissement public du Grand Louvre"

Location of PARIS in FRANCE :

The Musée du Louvre, or officially Grand Louvre — in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre — is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited museum in the world, and a historic monument. It is a central landmark of Paris, and is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35 000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60600 square metres. The collection is divided among eight curatorial departments : Egyptian Antiquities ; Near Eastern Antiquities ; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities ; Islamic Art ; Sculpture ; Decorative Arts ; Paintings ; Prints and Drawings.

The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II.

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The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoleon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989, it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
Commissioned by the President of France François Mitterrand in 1984, it was designed by the architect I. M. Pei, who is responsible for the design of the Miho Museum in Japan among others. The structure, which was constructed entirely with glass segments, reaches a height of 20.6 metres ; its square base has sides of 35 metres. It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments.

As a monument on banks of the Seine in Paris,

the Louvre Palace is registered as a UNESCO w.h.s.

UNESCO w.h.s. :
PARIS - Banks of the Seine

Date of inscription : 1991

From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from the River Seine. The Cathedral of Notre-Dame and the Sainte Chapelle are architectural masterpieces while Haussmann's wide squares and boulevards influenced late 19th- and 20th-century town planning the world over.