The Louvre (French: Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is the most visited and one of the oldest, largest, and most famous art galleries and museums in the world.
The Louvre has a long history of artistic and historic conservation, inaugurated in the Capetian dynasty and continuing to this day. The building was previously a royal palace and holds some of the world's most famous works of art, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, Madonna of the Rocks, Jacques Louis David's Oath of the Horatii, Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People and Alexandros of Antioch's Venus de Milo. Located in the centre of the city of Paris, between the Rive Droite of the Seine and the rue de Rivoli in the 1er arrondissement, it is accessed by the Palais Royal — Musée du Louvre Metro station. The equestrian statue of Louis XIV constitutes the starting point of the "axe historique", but the palace is not aligned on this axis.
With 8.3 million visitors in 2006, the Louvre is the most visited art museum in the world. And being as large as it is, it is IMPOSSIBLE to see everything in one day. However, we were able to see the 'biggies.' So you will find pictures of the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo below. Enjoy!
Egyptian Sculpture
Ancient Assyrian/Persian/Iranian Sculpture
Renaissance French Sculpture
Ancient Greek Sculpture
Aphrodite of Milos (aka Venus deMilo)
The Mona Lisa
