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The ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Moving to a Room of Her Own at the LouvreAs part of a massive renovation, the Leonardo da Vinci portrait will get its own gallery space accessible from a separate ...
Elaine Sciolino, author of the forthcoming Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World's Greatest Museum, ...
The Louvre was first established in 1793 in the Louvre Palace, originally a mediaeval fortress first built in the 12th century. There are still remnants of the Philip II-era fortress in the museum ...
The Louvre is one of the most well-known art museums in the entire world. It used to be a fortress, then a palace. Now it is home to countless pieces of priceless artwork like the Mona Lisa and ...
The renovated Louvre will aim for 12 million visitors ... She says the museum, built as a fortress in the 12th century and later a sprawling palace for French kings, is also vulnerable because ...
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