Louvre museum in Paris
Louvre Museum in France is the largest museum and most visitors of the world turn to it. The museum has nearly 35,000 items, starting with prehistory and ending with the XIX century, 60,600 square meters of space.
The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) which began as a fortress built in the late 12th century under Philip II. Remnants of the fortress are still visible. The building was extended many times to form the present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection, including, from 1692, a collection of antique sculpture.
This museum has a great culture and awesome monuments, which you can see only in this place.
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Official website: http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home
Contacts:
Musée du Louvre
Cedex 01
Paris 75058
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