The Louvre

A community portal about The Louvre with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is the largest, oldest, most important and famous art gallery and museum in the world. The Louvre has a... [more]

A community portal about The Louvre with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Louvre Museum in Paris, France, is the largest, oldest, most important and famous art gallery and museum in the world. The Louvre has a long history of artistic and historic conservation, from the Capetian dynasty until today. The building was previously a royal palace, and is famous for holding several of the world's most prestigious works of art, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Madonna of the Rocks and Alexandros of Antioch's Venus de Milo. Located in the center of the city of Paris, between the Rive Droite of the Seine and the rue de Rivoli in the Ier arrondissement, it is accessed by the Palais Royal - Musee du Louvre Metro station. The equestrian statue of Louis XIV constitutes the starting point of the axe historique, but the palace is not aligned on this axis.