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Le Louvre museum
Le Louvre Museum
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Le Louvre museum
The Louvre, which is a magnificent structure along the banks of the Seine River in Paris, is the world's largest museum, which has housed priceless art in France since 1793.
The Louvre was built as a fortress at the order of King Phillipe-Auguste. The Louvre was reconstructed in the 16th century to serve as a royal palace, and then, in 1793, it became a fine art museum.
The Louvre's permanent art collection spans a massive space with works of art divided into eight departments: the Near Eastern Antiquities, Egyptian Antiquities, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Islamic Art, Sculptures, Decorative Arts, Paintings and Prints and Drawings.
Long managed by the French state under the Réunion des Musées Nationaux the Louvre has recently acquired powers of self-management as an "Etablissement Public Autonome" in order to better manage its growth. Since September 14, 2005, the Louvre museum has gradually forbidden the taking of photos of its artworks.
SUMMARY
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VOCABULARY
• FORTRESS: Any place of exceptional security
• MAGNIFICENT: Making a splendid appearance or show
• UNQUENCHABLE : Impossible to satisfy
• FORBIDDEN: Restricted
• RESTORATION: The act of restoring or bringing back to a former condition
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English French
Fortress forteresse
Magnificent magnifique
Unquenchable inextinguible
Forbidden Interdit
Restoration restauration
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Venus de Milo Nike of Samothrace The Dying Slave by Michelangelo
Mona Lisa
Most famous works of art in the museum
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Louvre from inside
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The GeniusLEONARDO DA VINCI
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was a: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer and botanist.
Leonardo has often been described as, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination".
He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.
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Bacchus St. John the Baptist The Virgin and the child with saint Anne
Portrait of Isabella d'Este La belle ferronnière Virgin of the Rocks
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Da Vinci in Louvre
