the Louvre began as a royal fortress. During the 16th century, Francis I demolished the old fortress and rebuilt it as a Renaissance-style palace. The building housed royalty until the 1600s, when ...

Colossal' - The seat of French kings until Louis XIV abandoned it for Versailles in the late 1600s, the Louvre is regularly listed as the world's most visited museum. Beyond the Mona Lisa ...

Des Cars warned about wear and tear at the Louvre complex, the seat of French kings until the late 1600s. She noted water leaks and “worrying temperature swings which endanger the conservation ...

The reproduction is believed to have been painted in the early 1600s, about 100 years after the Mona Lisa, which hangs in the Paris Louvre. Leonardo da Vinci created his work on a wood panel ...

The seat of French kings until Louis XIV abandoned it for Versailles in the late 1600s, the Louvre is regularly listed as the world’s most visited museum. Beyond the Mona Lisa, it houses masterpieces ...