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The Louvre Castle (French: Château du Louvre), also referred to as the Medieval Louvre (French: Louvre médiéval), [1] was a castle (French: château fort) begun by Philip II of France on the right bank of the Seine, to reinforce the city wall he had built around Paris.
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After a fire in the small gallery destroyed much of it on 6 February 1661, Louis XIV ordered this part of the Louvre to be rebuilt. [1] Architectural work was entrusted to Louis Le Vau , who carried out reconstruction activities between 1661 and 1663, while Charles Le Brun was assigned responsibility for decorations by Jean-Baptiste Colbert . [ 1 ]
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The Petite Galerie is a wing of the Louvre Palace, which connects the buildings surrounding the Cour Carrée with the Grande Galerie bordering the River Seine. Begun in 1566, its current structures date mainly from the 17th and 19th centuries. Most of its main floor is now the Galerie d'Apollon, one of the Louvre's most iconic spaces.
The recent Louvre image nomination had me looking through the article and I found this image. Highly encyclopedic and technically excellent. Already FP on Commons. Proposed caption The Louvre museum in Paris, France. Articles this image appears in Louvre Creator User:Benh at Commons. Support as nominator-- Noclip 21:12, 16 November 2007 (UTC)