Louvre

The Musée du Louvre (French pronunciation: [myze dy luvʁ])—in English, the Louvre Museum or simply the Louvre—is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,3... More

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  • Aug 10, 1793

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  • Louvre Museum,
  • Musée du Louvre,
  • Louvre, Paris,
  • Musée du Louvre

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Joachim Visconti

Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti (February 11, 1791, Rome – December 29, 1853) was an Italian-born French architect and designer. Son of the Italian...

Hector Lefuel

Hector-Martin Lefuel (Versailles, 14 November 1810 – Paris, 31 December 1880) was a French historicist architect, whose most familiar work was the completion...

I. M. Pei

Ieoh Ming Pei (born April 26, 1917), commonly known as I. M. Pei, is a Chinese American architect, often called a master of modern architecture. Born in Canton...

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Louvre Address

Rue de Rivoli
Paris Île-de-France

Address

Louvre Address

75 Court St.
Plymouth Plymouth County

Established:

  • 1793

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  • 8,300,000
  • 2006

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Paris

Paris (/ˈpærɨs/; French: [paʁi] ( listen)) is the capital and largest city of France. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region (or Paris Region, French: Région parisienne). The city of Paris, within its administrative limits (the 20...

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