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The Louvre is an art museum in Paris, France, located in the Louvre Palace. Louvre or Louvres may also refer to: * Louvre (window), a window blind or window shutter ** Louvre window, a window composed of louvres * Louvres, Val-d'Oise, a commune in Île-de-France, France * 4513 Louvre, an asteroid * "The Louvre" (song), a 2017 song by Lorde from ''Melodrama'' * '' L'Œuvre'' (novel) an 1885 novel by Émile Zola * '' Le Louvre: The Palace & Its Paintings'', a 1995 art-based video game * ''The Messenger'' (2001 video game) or ''Louvre: L'Ultime Malédiction'' People with the surname * Jean de Louvres, French architect See also * Carrousel du Louvre, a shopping centre under the palace grounds * École du Louvre, an institution of higher education in the palace * Groupe du Louvre, a French hotel group * Hôtel Louvre et Paix, Marseilles, France * Louvre Abu Dhabi, a branch of the museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates * Louvre Accord, signed by the G6 in 1987 in the palace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district or ward). At any given point in time, approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are being exhibited over an area of 72,735 square meters (782,910 square feet). Attendance in 2021 was 2.8 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic, up five percent from 2020, but far below pre-COVID attendance. Nonetheless, the Louvre still topped the list of most-visited art museums in the world in 2021."The Art Newspaper", 30 March 2021. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the Medieval Louvre fortress are visible in the basement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
