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The Louvre, Paris. Photo: Russell Kelley.
What is the most iconic monument in Paris? The Louvre stands out since it represents more than eight hundred years of evolution, spanning the history of modern Paris from the construction of the medieval fortress by Philippe-Auguste in 1200, to the construction of the Grande Galerie by Henri IV in 1600. To its foundation during the French Revolution of 1789, to the inauguration of the first museum in Paris in 1793, to the creation of the Nouveau Louvre by Napoléon III in the 1850s, to François Mitterrand’s inauguration of I.M. Pei’s Pyramid as part of the Grand Louvre project in 1989 – surely the grandest and most ambitious of the “presidential museums” of the Fifth Republic – to President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement of the Louvre – Nouvelle Renaissance project in January 2024.
With nearly 800,000 square feet of exhibition space, the Louvre is the world’s largest museum, with works focusing from antiquity to the 19th century, including the Venus de Milo and Mona Lisa, and is the epitome of the museum in constant change.
Join Russell Kelley for a journey through an institution that helped shape – and preserve – France’s extraordinary cultural heritage.
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