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Trip to Paris - Musée du Louvre

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Musée du L’ouvre or thé Louvre Museum is the world’s largest art museum. The Louvre was originally built as a fortress in 1190, but later reconstructed to be a Royal Palace. During its time as a Royal Residence, every monarch expanded it. Today, it covers a total area of 652,300 square feet (60,600 square meters) In total, there are 35000 works to be discovered including the masterpieces - the Mona Lisa, The Raft of the Medusa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory Of Samothrace. Mona Lisa - a MASTERPIECE by Leonardo da Vinci is the “the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, work of art in the world”. It is truly priceless as according to French heritage law - this painting cannot be bought or sold. Two priceless smiles - Of course the second one is Mona Lisa Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss - it is regarded as a MASTERPIECE of Neoclassical sculpture that represents Cupid in the height of Love and t