The+Louvre


 * History **** The building that shelters the museum from his foundation is the old castle of the Louvre. In this building king Charles V accumulated his artistic collections. Queen Catalina de Médicis is the one that outlined the project that did of the Louvre the great palace that it is today. The construction of the palace of Versailles was improved under the regin of Luis XIV. Part of the Louvre was opened by the first time to the public as a museum on November 8, 1793. **

** Characteristics The central courtyard is now occupied by the Louvre glass pyramid completed in 1989. The entrance of the gallery lies below the glass pyramid. The entry costs to all exhibits are nowadays 9 euros.** **The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed from 1796 until 1801**.

** People and places ** ** The Louvre museum contains more than 380,000 objects and displays 35,000 works of art. They have Greek, Etruscan and Roman pieces from the 6th century, such as Venus de Milo or the Apollo Belvedere. The islamic art is the newest. It has sculptures like "Dying slave" by Michelangelo. The painting collection has more than 6,000 works from the 13th century to 1848. They have the famous paintings of Leonardo da Vinci: "The Mona Lisa". **

** Floor plan ** ** Links **
 * Illustrations **
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_du_Louvre**
 * http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home.jsp?bmLocale=en**

** Group members **  **Anapaulina Pereira**