The Louvre museum is a very important and well known museum located in Paris on the right bank of the Seine river. It houses almost 35000 artifacts dating from the 6th millennium BC to the 19th century AD in over 60000 sqm of exposition space. The museum os located inside the Louvre palace, whose construction was started in the 12th century and went on continously over the centuries. The most recent addition to the Louvre complex is the glass pyramid built on the Carrousel square.
01 Louvre palace 02 Louvre palace 03 Louvre palace
04 Louvre palace 05 Louvre carrousel square 06 Louvre palace wing
07 Louvre palace wing roof 08 Louvre glass pyramid 09 Louvre palace 10 Louvre palace court
11 Louvre palace 12 Louvre glass pyramid at sunset 13 Louvre glass pyramid at sunset 14 Louvre glass pyramid at sunset 15 Louvre glass pyramid at sunset
16 Louvre glass pyramid at sunset 17 Louvre glass pyramid at sunset
18 Louvre pyramid and place du carrousel
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