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Louvre museum is a spectacle . Some 35000 fabulous work of art, objects numbering 360000, spread in three wings on an area of 76000 square metres in Louvre Palace.

Such an astonishing scale of preserved history.

If you are travelling to Europe on vacation, then you must visit the Louvre museum in Paris. If you miss it, you will be missing a lifetime opportunity of seeing the fascinating world of art at this Magnus museum.

The museum is open from 9.30 am to 6 pm. On Fridays, it is open up to 9.45 pm. Tuesday closed. Most areas of upper floors are accessible by elevators also.

The main entry to Louvre is through the PYRAMID, the stunning modernistic beauty created in 1989 to facilitate easier entries. There are other smaller entries; one through the underground Mall from Metro station Palais Royal-Musee du Louvre. The other metro station close to Louvre is Louvre-Rivoli . But sometime the other entries are not open..

If not on Group Tour, book your ticket from the official website of Louvre, preferably for morning hours when the rush is much less and you can see the exhibits more peacefully. There is an option to take official Guided tour at extra price. Take the first Guided tour at 11 am if you wish. Otherwise, take the audio guide for 5 Euro. It works well.

Making of the LOUVRE

It must be said, the French had a great passion for collection of artefacts. Whereas the Army looted or retrieved precious artefacts and paintings and brought to the Royal Court, French officers posted in French colonies all over the world were also active in unearthing antiquities. A substantial part of Louvre’s collection is the result of their collective zeal.

Louvre started some 900 years ago as a fortress on the banks of Seine river to ward off attacks from enemies such as England. Over the centuries, it underwent several reconstructions before becoming a Royal Palace.

Almost all French Emperors including Napoleon Bonaparte promoted Louvre Palace as a repository of antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Near East as well as paintings and other art forms in later period. Each one of these Monarchs had particular interest, so in the same Louvre complex, several sections developed independently as the Monarch’s personal collections.

But during the French Revolution, the French National Assembly in 1793 decreed to convert Louvre into a permanent museum. Gradually, over time, one by one the independent houses of collections were absorbed into Louvre museum.

From pre history to 19th century period, there are so many major work of art on display today that It is impossible to see everything in Louvre even in a month’s time.

But Louvre has displayed the works of art so brilliantly that it is a pleasure to go around and seek greater knowledge of Humanity. Guarantee that Your Life will not be the same after a visit to Louvre.

You can choose the work of art according to your interest. Or you can go for the most famous artefacts on display.
The Denon wing houses the Gallery of Apollo with its magnificent paintings on the ceilings and walls. And the Crown Jewels with its star, the Regent Diamond.

This wing also has several famous paintings including the priceless Mona Lisa of Leonardo Da Vinci.

The statue of Venus De Milo and Dying Slaves by Michelangelo are in the Sully wing. It also offers the fascinating Egyptian Antiquities section.

The Richelieu wing has the CODE of HAMMURABI, the King of Babylon. In 1792-1750 BC, The King got a series of inscriptions on LAW written on a Basalt rock piece in Akkadian language (now extinct) and distributed them in his kingdom to follow. It’s one of the greatest exhibits from Mesopotamia.

The other very important exhibit in this wing is the statue of nu-Banda Ebih-II of 2400 BC from Mari- present day part of Syria. Nu Banda meant Superintendent. The language may have become extinct but it has left its trail. Banda word is used in Hindi and Urdu in Indian subcontinent.
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Acknowledgements
Video clips
Google Earth for Louvre
@Faces of Ancient Europe for Nike Greek Goddess of victory
@Dr Beth Harris and Dr Steven Tucker for the Slaves by Michelangelo
@World of Antiquity for Code of Hammurabi and nu Banda Ebih-II
Nabanita Sarkar

Images
For Babylon map By MapMaster – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org
Statue of Nu-Banda Ebid-II
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses
Code of Hammurabi
By Mbzt – Own work, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org
Apollo driving chariot
By MOSSOT – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org
Nabanita Sarkar

Audio
Tchaikovsky Swan Lake ( Swan theme) by Yuri Simonov
Common Ground- Jay Someday (Audio Library Release)