49 famous architectural marvels to see before you die (including three in India)
In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...
Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday a new restoration and expansion project for the Louvre Museum.
‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a 10-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre ...
Mona Lisa to get a room of her own in Louvre museum renovation
French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to expand the Louvre and move the Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, after ...
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'A source of French pride'? Louvre museum's poor conditions prompt outcry
with the dogma established in the 80s of a single entrance via the pyramid,” des Cars told radio station France Info in 2023. She suggested creating another entrance to the Louvre at the ...
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The Louvre will get a major redesign to take on overtourism
[Photo: Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images] The Louvre currently has only one entrance—the iconic glass pyramid by architect I.M. Pei, opened in 1989. Overcrowding of the throughway in ...
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Louvre will undergo expansion and restoration project, Macron says
The project, called the Louvre New Renaissance, will create an additional entrance to accompany the museum's famous glass pyramid, which was completed in 1989, along with a new home for Leonardo ...
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The ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Getting Its Own Private Room at the Louvre
The entrance to the building—I. M. Pei’s Louvre Pyramid—was designed to accommodate just half of the visitors it currently does. To alleviate that issue, a new entrance will be created at the museum’s ...