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Coorinates: 48°51′37″N 2°20′15″E / 48.860395, 2.337599

Trivia about louvre

  • The 2 slaves Michelangelo sculpted for the unfinished tomb of Pope Julius II are in this Parisian museum
  • I.M. Pei designed the glass pyramid that crowns an entrance to this Paris museum
  • The Richelieu wing of this Paris art museum houses the apartments of Napoleon III
  • Around 1850, you could find Eugene Delacroix painting the ceiling of this French museum's Salon d'Apollon
  • "Mona Lisa's" home(6)
  • The great men of France circa 1780 are immortalized in the "Grands Hommes" gallery of this museum
  • I.M. Pei's glass pyramid entrance to this Paris museum houses the hall of Napoleon
  • Today home to priceless art treasures, it was begun as a royal fortress by Philip II in the 12th century
  • Baroque classicism is seen in the temple-like design of this Paris museum where the Venus de Milo lives
  • In April 2009 the glass pyramid at this Paris museum celebrated its 20th anniversary
  • It's home to Gregor Erhart's statue of Mary Magdalene (I must remember to tell Dan Brown)
  • The events in "The Da Vinci Code" are set off by the murder of the curator of this place
  • In 1661 Louis XIV established a ballet academy in a room of this current art museum
  • David's "The Oath of the Horatii": this national museum & art gallery of France
  • You can view Veronese's "The Wedding Feast at Cana" (& the French crown diamonds, too) at this museum
  • You can gaze at the French crown jewels in the Galerie d'Apollon of this French museum
  • It's the largest museum located on the Seine River
  • This Paris locale featured in "The Da Vinci Code" opened in 1793
  • Art & commerce do mix, as you'll find at the Paris Mall Carrousel du this
  • Its 71-foot glass pyramid designed by I.M. Pei was commissioned by Francois Mitterrand
  • This museum with a heap of Delacroixes put on the show "Delacroix and the Companions of His Youth"
  • In the late 1100s what's now the site of this in Paris was Philip Augustus' castle, with a wide moat & not much art
  • (Mona Lisa) If you want to try & make me smile, you'll have to visit this museum

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