Palace to Museum: The story of the Louvre

Art of Louvre | Discovery/History/Museum (by Roosev Kelley/BBC) The Palais du Louvre, which houses one of the most stunning collections of artworks in the world, is known first and foremost as a museum. Yet for almost seven hundred years the buildings constituted one of the principal residences of the kings and emperors of France. Built shortly after 1190 by King […]

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