Louvre

The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. The building, a former royal palace, lies in the centre of Paris, between the Seine river and the Rue de Rivoli. Its central courtyard, now occupied by the Louvre glass pyramid, lies in the axis of the Champs-Élysées, and thus forms the nucleus from which the Axe historique springs. Part of the royal Palace of the Louvre was first opened to the public as a museum on November 8, 1793, during the French Revolution.

Le Louvre-Lens

A second Louvre will be built in Lens, Pas-de-Calais in the North of France. The museum will be designed by the Japanese architecture cabinet Sanaa and should open in 2009. It will be a group of glass and aluminum buildings in the middle of a large garden.

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Lens - Pas-de-Calais - North of France - 2009

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