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225 Years Of The Paris Louvre Museum

The famous Museum in the French capital, after 225 years, not just a culture but a cult. Abu Dhabi, Sudan, China: France exports the Louvre, in the meantime, in the whole world.

The glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre, has become the symbol of Paris. Like the Eiffel tower represents the city on the Seine, which was attended last year by more than a Million German tourists.

The Museum presented 225 years ago, on 27. July 1793 for the first time. Then later in the same year, the Louvre was opened as a Museum for the General Public officially. There was, of course, to see the glass pyramid. The was built between 1985-89.

The Louvre in Paris in 1950

Today, the Louvre is the most popular and most visited Museum in the world. The building in which the exhibition rooms are located, was already impressive. The high walls with the glass roof Windows are ideal for sculptures and paintings to be kept.

The Mona Lisa was since the end of the 16th century. Century part of the private art collection of the French kings

From the Royal depot and the castle of Art

The history of the Louvre will begin in 12. Century: king Philip II ordered the defiant fortress for the protection of the right Bank building. After repeated renovation, the castle was in the 16th century. Century to the main residence of the French king.

After king Louis XIV, decided in 1682, to move into the Palace of Versailles, threatened to loose the building to the Depositary. Later, the French Academy a then moved and used the building as a working space. Meanwhile, the rooms of the Louvre were also used as a Depot for works of art in the Royal collection. The politician Charles-Claude Flahaut de La Billarderie wanted to make the collection, finally open to the Public. During the French Revolution, the Louvre was opened by a decree.

After the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, the image of the Mona Lisa into the bedroom to hang

Napoleon Bonaparte and Napoleon III. worked further on the project. They bought plants from abroad, and opened branches in other cities of France. In 1870, the collection was nationalized. François Mitterrand, initiated more than 100 years later, the tag. And in 1989, the Chinese-American architect Ieoh Ming Pei, opened in designed glass pyramid as a new entrance area.

The glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Grand Louvre

The pyramid is raps before Jay-Z in his latest music video “going apeshit”,. 83 million Times the Video was clicked on, and the Louvre now offers a guided tour of the 17 plants, appearing in the music video. The highly respected Museum is not afraid to sell his brand. How much Beyoncé and Jay-paid Z for the permission to film in the Museum, was not yet known.

The Louvre Abu Dhabi

Louvre, as an export hit

His whole name, the Museum sold to the United Arab Emirates. 11. November 2017 opened the “Louvre Abu Dhabi”. At the opening were projected on to the glass pyramid in Paris images from the desert state. Overall, the Museum in the United Arab Emirates is an area of 64,000 square meters. About 300 exhibits of the Louvre Museum of Paris will lend a year. In return, the Louvre in Paris money alone 73.4 million in the year 2017, for the use of the Name. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, visited the Louvre Abu Dhabi three days before the official opening. He spoke of the beauty as a connective Element. The buildings in Abu Dhabi designed by French star architect Jean Nouvel. A characteristic of the 180-Meter-long dome over the 55 box-shaped white buildings.


In the Museum will be on view starting in September, also the most expensive paintings in the world: Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi”. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, bought it for 450 million U.S. dollars in November, lend it to the Museum.

The Louvre is no longer only active in France. The annual report shows that the Museum had 2017 contact to 75 different countries. It cooperates with scientists in the United States, Egypt and the Sudan. 737 works are currently awarded to other museums in the world, and in nine exhibitions in the Louvre with other countries has worked. In addition, the Louvre has been involved in the training of six Libyan Museum Directors.

Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre of Paris

Even if the Louvre for export has become a best seller, visit the people to the Museum in Paris. 2017 8.1 million people interested in art. 14 percent more than the year before.

The goddess of victory of Samothrace is one of the most popular works in the Louvre of Paris

More than 380,000 works are included in the collection: the ancient Greek and Roman collection, paintings by Italian painter from the Renaissance, Flemish painting from the 16th century. and 17. Century as well as works by French painters of the 15th century. to 19. Century. The most famous work is probably the painting “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci.

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The French capital is the place for travelers from all over the world. Every year, 16 million come into the city on the Seine.


 

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