LOUVRE MUSEUM75001 PARIS, FRANCE

By: Alondra Benitez

5/28/14

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LOUVRE• The Louvre Museum is popular

for having the largest collection in the world.

• The museum was open on August 10, 1793 after the revolution.

• In the late 12th century the museum was actually a palace and royal fortress built by Philip II.

• The French Government Owns The Louvre.

• The Louvre is also known for having controversies that surround cultural property seized which were under Napoleon I.

• The Louver has been featured in movies.

• Fun fact: There is McDonalds inside the museum.

MONA LISA

• The Mona Lisa is the Louvers most famous work made by Leonardo da Vinci.

• The Mona Lisa is also known as La Giaconda.

• The identity of the women in this painting has remained a mystery.

• There have been many times when the Mona Lisa was taken away.

• Notice that she doesn’t have eyebrows , many have said that Da Vinci forgot to finish the painting and others believe they were removed from being moved to much.

LOUVRE PYRAMID

• The Louvre pyramid is made out of glass. It is a glass and metal pyramid.

• The pyramid is a landmark of Paris it was completed in 1989.

• There had been rumors believed by some people that the glass panes in the pyramid number the number or the beast. (666)

• There are three pyramids total the but larger pyramid is the entrance to the museum .

LINKS

http://www.louvre.fr/en

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Louvre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre_Pyramid

http://www.louvre.fr/en/history-louvre