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2. Louvre Abu Dhabi - Wikipedia

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   The Louvre Abu Dhabi (Arabic: اللوفر أبوظبي, romanized: al-lūfr ʔabū ẓaby; French: Louvre Abou Dabi) is an art museum located on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It runs under an agreement between the UAE and France, signed in March 2007, that allows it to use the Louvre 's name until 2047, and has been ...

3. Saadiyat Island - Wikipedia

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   Louvre Abu Dhabi is an Emirati-French collaboration project that was opened on 11 November 2017. [23] It was designed by architect Jean Nouvel. [24] The Louvre Abu Dhabi will mark the first time the French government has entered into an international partnership to extend the Louvre overseas.

4. Cultural policy in Abu Dhabi - Wikipedia

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   Developing local culture is functional for the Emirate to express the capital role of the UAE, seat of the national Government: Abu Dhabi as an authentic Arab Capital, addressed in the Abu Dhabi Capital 2030 Plan. [19] Rulers in Abu Dhabi pursue a demanding role for the Emirate in the regional and world politics. [20] The aim is to promote Abu ...

5. Louvre - Wikipedia

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   The Louvre Abu Dhabi is located on Saadiyat Island and was designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel and engineering firm of Buro Happold. [158] It occupies 24,000 square metres (260,000 sq ft) and is covered by an iconic metallic dome designed to cast rays of light mimicking sunlight passing through date palm fronds in an oasis.

6. Zayed City - Wikipedia

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   Zayed City (Arabic: مَدِيْنَة زَايِد, romanized: Madīnat Zāyid), formerly "Abu Dhabi Capital District", is a construction project which will be built 7 kilometres (4.3 miles) inland south of Abu Dhabi island in the United Arab Emirates, between Mohammed Bin Zayed City and Abu Dhabi International Airport. The new district will ...

7. Guggenheim Abu Dhabi - Wikipedia

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   In 2011, over 130 international artists urged a boycott of the new Guggenheim museum (as well as Louvre Abu Dhabi), citing reports, since 2009, of abuses of foreign construction workers on Saadiyat Island, including the arbitrary withholding of wages, unsafe working conditions, and failure of companies to pay or reimburse the steep recruitment ...