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  2. Louvre - Wikipedia

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    The Louvre's ancient art collections are to a significant extent the product of excavations, some of which the museum sponsored under various legal regimes over time, often as a companion to France's diplomacy and/or colonial enterprises. In the Rotonde d'Apollon, a carved marble panel lists a number of such campaigns, led by:

  3. Louvre Palace - Wikipedia

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    North wing of Louvre facing main courtyard. The Louvre Palace (French: Palais du Louvre, [palɛ dy luvʁ]), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a vast expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois.

  4. Medieval Louvre Castle - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Museums in Paris - Wikipedia

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    In the city center, the Louvre is not only one of the most important museums in Paris but is also among the most well-known museums in the world. In the former palace, there are now a variety of works from ancient civilizations, Islamic art, and European art from the 13th to the mid-19th centuries. The palace itself is a commemorated work of ...

  6. Napoleon III's Louvre expansion - Wikipedia

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    The Louvre's pavillon de l'Horloge, refaced in the 1850s at the eastern end of the Nouveau Louvre. The expansion of the Louvre under Napoleon III in the 1850s, known at the time and until the 1980s as the Nouveau Louvre [1] [2] [3] or Louvre de Napoléon III, [4] was an iconic project of the Second French Empire and a centerpiece of its ambitious transformation of Paris. [5]

  7. Judgement of Paris (mosaic) - Wikipedia

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    The mosaic is normally housed in Paris at the Louvre (Ma 3443), although it has been known to go on tour. [1] In 2007 it was scheduled to feature in an itinerant exhibition of important pieces that the Louvre organised in the United States. [2] The mosaic depicts the Judgement of Paris, one in a series of incidents which led to the Trojan War.

  8. Paris in the 16th century - Wikipedia

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    During the 16th century, Paris was the largest city in Europe, with a population of about 350,000 in 1550. [citation needed] The 16th century saw the Renaissance arrive in Paris, expressed in the city's architecture, art and cultural life. The Kings of France returned to Paris from the Loire Valley. Paris.

  9. Louvre Pyramid - Wikipedia

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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.