The Louvre Palace (French: Palais du Louvre, [palɛ dy luvʁ]), often referred to simply as the Louvre, is an iconic French palace located on the Right Bank...
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Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre (French pronunciation: [palɛ ʁwajal myze dy luvʁ]) is a station on Line 1 and Line 7 of the Paris Métro. Situated in the heart...
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Comédie-Française, the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre. The nearest metro stop is Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre (Lines 1 and 7). The mall covers 10,200 m2 (110...
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"unanimously and conjointly on all designs for the construction of the Palais du Louvre, so the designs will be regarded as the work of the three equally,...
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Tuileries Palace (redirect from Palais des Tuileries)
Cain square [fr], Other pieces are found in the garden of the Palais du Trocadéro, the Louvre and the Museum of Decorative Arts. The Tuileries Garden (French:...
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The Louvre Castle (French: Château du Louvre), also referred to as the Medieval Louvre (French: Louvre médiéval), was a castle (French: château fort) begun...
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France and the central square (cour carrée) of the Palais du Louvre, (which had been termed the "Palais des Arts" under the First French Empire). Between...
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Quai François Mitterrand (redirect from Quai du Louvre)
in Paris, France, along the stretch where the Palais du Louvre is situated. Formerly the Quai du Louvre, it was renamed the Quai François Mitterrand after...
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(facing the Louvre Palace), Rue de Rohan, Rue Saint-Honoré (opposite the Comédie-Française), and Place du Palais-Royal (opposite the Louvre des Antiquaires)...
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The Louvre (English: /ˈluːv(rə)/ LOOV(-rə)), or the Louvre Museum (French: Musée du Louvre [myze dy luvʁ] ), is a national art museum in Paris, France...
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The screened entrance court faces the Place du Palais-Royal, opposite the Louvre. Originally called the Palais-Cardinal, it was built for Cardinal Richelieu...
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Pavillon de Flore (category Louvre Palace)
during his stay in Paris between 1865 and 1867. Pavillon du Roi Pavillon de Marsan "Palais du Louvre". International Database and Gallery of Structures (in...
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The Place du Louvre is a square immediately to the east of the Palais du Louvre in Paris, France. To the south is the Quai du Louvre and beyond that is...
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Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris (category Louvre Palace)
museum occupies the Pavillon de Marsan, the north-western wing of the Palais du Louvre. With approximately one million objects in its collection, the Musée...
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Luxembourg Palace (redirect from Palais du Luxembourg)
The Luxembourg Palace (French: Palais du Luxembourg, pronounced [palɛ dy lyksɑ̃buʁ]) is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France...
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Gare d'Orsay (redirect from Gare du Quai d'Orsay)
buildings such as the Hôtel des Invalides, the Palais de la Légion d'Honneur and the Palais du Louvre. The PO company consulted three architects — Lucien...
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Louis Visconti (category People associated with the Louvre)
Bibliothèque royale du Louvre in May 1848, he produced a first-draft design for completing the Palais du Louvre. He was made architect to the palais des Tuileries...
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appointed him architect in charge of the building projects at the Palais du Louvre, transforming the old château into the famous palace. A project put...
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where the Palais du Louvre and the Quai François Mitterrand is situated, in the 1st arrondissement. The Quai des Tuileries runs between the Pont du Carrousel...
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the center of the west wing of the Cour Carrée (Square Court) of the Palais du Louvre. The history of the Caryatides illustrates well the collaborative system...
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The Louvre Inverted Pyramid (French: Pyramide inversée du Louvre) is a skylight constructed in the Carrousel du Louvre, an underground shopping mall in...
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Merry-Joseph Blondel (section Louvre exhibition)
Discours prononcé aux funérailles de M. Blondel, 13 June 1853. Livret du Salon du Louvre Explication des ouvrages de peinture, sculpture, Architecture et Gravure...
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du Second Empire". Ministère de la Culture. Henri Verne (1923). Le Palais du Louvre: Comment l'ont terminé Louis XIV, Napoléon Ier et Napoléon III. Paris:...
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(known since 1800 as Place des Vosges), and added the Grande Galerie to the Louvre Palace. Stretching more than 400 metres along the Seine river bank, at the...
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Herodotus, Egyptian divinity and an Inca (1806), stone reliefs, Paris, palais du Louvre, cour Carrée, attic of the west façade, to the right of the Pavillon...
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France) Palais de la Légion d'honneur Palais du Louvre, second royal palace of France, from 1364 until 1789; now the Louvre Museum Palais du Luxembourg...
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Le Mans. A Jean de Chelles was working on the Palais du Louvre in 1265, under the direction of Raymond du Temple. He is sometimes thought to have worked...
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The Louvre Pyramid (French: Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass-and-metal structure designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid...
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Marie de' Medici, and was named after her parents. She was born at the Palais du Louvre on 25 November 1609, but some historians give her a birthdate of 26...
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d'Orsay) Claude Bernard (Château de Versailles) Mirabeau (Versailles, Salle du Jeu de Paume) François Miron (Hôtel de Ville de Paris), Louis-Benoît Picard...
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