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LOUVRE MUSEUM, PARIS The Louvre, in Paris, France, is the world’s largest museum, with a total gallery space of 72,735 square meters (782,910 square feet), equivalent to 280 tennis courts. Many experts consider the Louvre to be the best art museum in the world, with 38,000 items on display. It houses some of the most important works of art, including Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa,” the world’s most recognized painting.
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This French museum, with its iconic glass pyramid, is a well-known name and even more well-known sight in guide books and social media posts. One of the main reasons people visit Paris is to see the Louvre museum and its structure. The Louvre was initially a 12th century castle that was converted to a royal home in 1546 before becoming an art museum. As a result, the museum is a historical landmark in its own right; relics of the medieval Louvre can still
The royal family’s acquired artworks were displayed prominently in the initial exhibition, which was eventually enlarged to include the present 38 000-item roster. The Louvre serves the different galleries of Egyptian, Near Eastern, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities, as well as Islamic Art, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, and other mediums, spanning prehistory to the twenty- first century.
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