Musée du Louvre

Introduction

The Louvre is one of the largest and most prestigious art temples in the world. This grand museum, converted from a former royal palace, holds hundreds of thousands of art treasures spanning millennia, a bright pearl of Paris as the world's art capital and a shrine for every visitor to pay homage to art. The Louvre was once the palace of French kings; after centuries of building and expansion it is majestic and splendid; after the French Revolution it became a public museum, now one of the most visited and richest museums in the world. The collection holds hundreds of thousands of art treasures across ancient and modern times and from around the world—from Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities to European paintings, sculptures and crafts of every period, vast and magnificent. Among them, the three most famous treasures—the Mona Lisa with her mysterious smile by Leonardo da Vinci, the elegant, incomplete Venus de Milo, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace—attract the world's attention. And the glass pyramid entrance on the palace square blends classical and modern, another iconic sight of the Louvre. Strolling this temple of art, moving through grand halls, face to face with thousands of years of human art treasures, is an awe-inspiring visual and spiritual journey. Explore Paris, enter the world-famous Louvre, and pay homage to the bright gems of human art—the number-one unmissable sight in Paris.

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