Le Grand Louvre

This museum is famous all over the world. It is the oldest museum in Paris. It is dedicated to a very long period from antiquity (egyptians, greeks, romans....) up to the first part of the XIXth century.

More about the Louvre history.

The Louvre is one of the richest Museum of the world. There are lots of master pieces, it would be too long to cite all of them. But everyone knows at least

La Joconde, (1503--1507) by Leonardo da Vinci
La Victoire de Samothrace (IIe--IIIe BC)
La Liberté guidant le peuple (1831), by Delacroix
Le Radeau de la Méduse (1819) by Géricault
La Vénus de Milo (end IIe century BC)
Le Sacre de Napoléon, by Jacques-Louis David
L'Angelus by Jean Francois Millet.

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