| The Louvre Museum (French:
Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is the most visited and one of
the oldest, largest, and most famous art galleries and museums in the world.
The Louvre has a long history of artistic and historic conservation, inaugurated
in the Capetian dynasty until today. The building was previously a royal
palace, and is famous for holding several of the world's most prestigious
works of art, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, The Virgin and Child
with St. Anne, Madonna of the Rocks, and Alexandros of Antioch's Venus
de Milo. Located in the centre of the city of Paris, between the Rive Droite
of the Seine and the rue de Rivoli in the Ier arrondissement, it is accessed
by the Palais Royal — Musée du Louvre Metro station. The equestrian
statue of Louis XIV constitutes the starting point axe historique, but
the palace is not aligned on this axis. With a record 8.3 million visitors
received in 2006, the Louvre is widely seen as the most visited culture
and art museum in the world. It's also the most visited monument in Paris. |
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