The Louvre

I've been told that in terms of square footage The Louvre is the largest museum in the world. We spent four hours within before growing tired of walking around and seeing piece after magnificent piece of art, and still we didn't see it all. After a while you get sensory overload and all the art blurs into one another. A better plan would be to get a museum pass and take it in small bits at a time over a few days.


The building's original purpose was a palace. The new, glass pyramid in the center leads you down under ground into the entry from where you can fan out to any of the wings of the building.


Besides the imported artwork you can see Napoleon's rooms.


Fantastic interior. This room held the crown jewels and other household items. We were not allowed to take pictures of the display case of the jewels themselves.


Hallway of Greek Sculptures. At the very far end the sculpture is called "The Dying Slave".


It is just really big.


They say imitation is a form of forgery, I mean, flattery. I didn't ask but I believe this is likely an art student working on a project.


Massive painting. My guess it is 12 feet high by 20 feet wide.


But, though the Mona Lisa is humble in size, she always draws the biggest crowd. I don't think were were allowed to take a picture but everybody else was and no one was stopping them.

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