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The '''Louvre''' Museum is the largest, and most famous art gallery and museum in the world.  The Louvre was established in 1793 in [[Paris]], [[France]] by French revolutionaries to show off the huge works of art that the French Kings had collected, and to show the people the opulence of the kings, as the Louvre was a massive palace.

The '''Louvre''' Museum is the largest, and most famous art gallery and museum in the world.  The Louvre was established in 1793 in [[Paris]], [[France]] by French revolutionaries to show off the huge works of art that the French Kings had collected, and to show the people the opulence of the kings, as the Louvre was a massive palace.

<br>A few of the more famous works of art displayed in the Louvre are [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Mona Lisa]], The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Madonna of the Rocks, The Wedding at Cana, Saint Francis of Assisi receives the stigmata, [[Eugene Delacroix|Delacroix]]'s [[Liberty Leading the People]], [[Winged Victory of Samothrace]] and the [[Venus de Milo]].  This is only a small fraction of the 35,000 works of art, sculpture, history, furniture and even the architecture of the museum itself.  

 

<br>The Louvre has been used in a number of different movies and television shows, as well as locations in books such as [[The Da Vinci Code]].

A few of the more famous works of art displayed in the Louvre are [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s [[Mona Lisa]], The Virgin and Child with [[St. Anne]], Madonna of the Rocks, The [[Wedding at Cana]], [[St. Francis of Assisi]] receives the stigmata, [[Eugene Delacroix|Delacroix]]'s [[Liberty Leading the People]], [[Winged Victory of Samothrace]] and the [[Venus de Milo]].  This is only a small fraction of the 35,000 works of art, sculpture, history, furniture and even the architecture of the museum itself.  

 

The Louvre has been used in a number of different movies and television shows, as well as locations in books such as [[The Da Vinci Code]].

 

Many citizens and art lovers were shocked by the proposal to build modern glass [[pyramid]]s in front of the Louvre, but in the years since their construction, people have grown to love their clearly pointed contrast to the old ways.

== See also ==

== See also ==

Official Louvre Site [http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en]

Official Louvre Site [http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp?bmLocale=en]

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