Louvre Museum

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Blanca: we have arrived at The Louvre Museum.

The Palais Royal du Louvre has dominated the city center since the 12th century. In 1190 there was here a fortified enclosure that later gave way to a medieval castle and later to a royal palace. The building, which had several functions since its inception, underwent several renovations and extensions until it became what we see today. It was the residence of several monarchs, including the famous Sun King, Louis XIV, until, with the demolition of the Tuileries in 1882, it was devoted almost entirely to culture. During World War II, along with other museums in Paris, hid the most important pieces and before the Nazi occupation moved to other places almost all the works except for the heaviest, which were hidden in the basement; after the liberation of France, the art returned to the Louvre. The Louvre museum houses collections of Western art from the most ancient civilizations and the Middle Ages to 1850. Divided into several sections: Oriental Antiquities, Islamic Art, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, and paintings, sculptures, drawings, and engravings from modern times and up to 1848, it also has a department on the history of the Louvre itself and Palais Royal du Louvre has dominated the city center since the 12th century. In 1190 there was here a fortified enclosure that later gave way to a medieval castle and later to a royal palace. The building, which had several functions since its inception, underwent several renovations and extensions until it became what we see today. It was the residence of several monarchs, including the famous Sun King, Louis XIV, until, with the demolition of the Tuileries in 1882, it was devoted almost entirely to culture. During World War II, along with other museums in Paris, hid the most important pieces and before the Nazi occupation moved to other places almost all the works except for the heaviest, which were hidden in the basement; after the liberation of France, the art returned to the Louvre. The Louvre museum houses collections of Western art from the most ancient civilizations and the Middle Ages to 1850. Divided into several sections: Oriental Antiquities, Islamic Art, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities, and paintings, sculptures, drawings, and engravings from modern times and up to 1848, it also has a department on the history of the Louvre itself and there are 21 new rooms dedicated to Italian and Spanish painting from the 16th and 17th centuries. Here you can see true masterpieces, the most famous is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. there are 21 new rooms dedicated to Italian and Spanish paintings from the 16th and 17th centuries. Here you can see true masterpieces, the most famous is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.