(Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois) Cour Napoléon The Louvre Museum is the world's largest museum. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces and the museum opened on August 10, 1793. Richelieu wing, Cour Puget: "Spartacus" by Denis Foyatier, 1830.‹›
Cour Puget

I. M. Pei

Exterior · Paris, France · 1852

Photo: Fred Romero from Paris, France · Taken on 3 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 5184×3456

(Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois) Cour Napoléon The Louvre Museum is the world's largest museum. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal collection. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation's masterpieces and the museum opened on August 10, 1793. Richelieu wing, Cour Puget: "Spartacus" by Denis Foyatier, 1830.

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