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The Louvre Pyramid (French: Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass-and-metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard ( Cour Napoléon ) of the Louvre Palace in Paris , surrounded by three smaller pyramids.
Claude Perrault (French pronunciation: [klod pɛʁo]; 25 September 1613 – 9 October 1688) was a French physician and amateur architect, best known for his participation in the design of the east façade of the Louvre in Paris. [1]
A full-scale mock-up of the pyramid was erected in 1985 with the intent to persuade the project's critics that it would fit in its surroundings [4]. François Mitterrand unexpectedly announced his decision to remove the Finance Ministry from the Louvre and dedicate the entire building to museum use at the end of his first presidential press conference on 24 September 1981.
The 70-foot-high glass-and-steel pyramid, designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei, now aged 101, was controversial when it was inaugurated in the classical setting of the Louvre in March 1989.
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The footage shows the protestor on top of the Louvre Pyramid and splashes of orange paint scattered across the structure. Activists threw balloons filled with paint on the glass-and-metal structure.
Known as the Great Louvre, it is the national museum and art gallery of France. Francis I (a connoisseur of Art), initially started building the Louvre as part of the royal palace erected at a location where a 12th-century fortress of Philip Augustus existed. The palace underwent several additions over the centuries.
The courtyard surrounding the Louvre Museum's pyramid in Paris will disappear this week as part of the celebrations of the iconic monument's 30th anniversary. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).