Le Musée du Louvre

By Maureen Lamers

The Building of Le Musée du Louvre

• Built from the 12th to 14th century

• Last update in 1999 of the Pavillon des Sessions

• Building started by King Phillip the Second

• Expanded by King Charles the Fifth

WHAT IS LE MUSÉE DU LOUVRE?

• Monument originally built as an arsenal for Philippe August

The Sully Wing The Richelieu Wing The Denon Wing

Turkish Bath Lacemaker Mona Lisa

The Seated Scribe Virgin of Chancellor Rolin Wedding Feast at Cana

Pharaoh Ramesses the Second

Code of Hammurabi Consecration of Emperor Napoleon the First

Venus of Milo Winged Victory

Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss

Dying Slave

1) The Salle Basse is the only part of the museum’s original medieval interior that stands.

2) Queen Anne of Austria made a suite of apartments between 1655 and 1659

INTERESTING FACTS

The Salle Basse medieval lower hall The hall of apartments made by Queen Anne

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