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=The Louvre=

Introduction
====One of the most beautiful cities in the world where people go to honeymoon and a world wide tourist attraction. Home of the Eiffel tower yet another beautifully crafted piece of art in Paris, France home of the Louvre. It is the oldest museum in the world containing works of art since 1793 full of history, romance, and despair. You just can’t help but be amazed in the wondrous city of Paris. ====

Who Built the Louvre and why?
Philippe Augusta built the Louvre in the year of 1190, it was originally an arsenal which consisted of a moat with round basins at each corner a basin is a partially enclosed, sheltered area along a shore, often partly man-made or dredged to a greater depth, where boats may be moored. After it was a fort it became a Castle because the interior design of it was beautiful it had vaulted ceiling rested on two columns at the center of the hall and on supporting walls. The vaulting, columns, and corbels that can be seen today date from 1230–40 and were added to the old masonry which helped to make the Louvre achieve more history then before (“History”). It then became a castle for a very long time it held people like Marie Di Medicis and Charles V in there reign as queen and king. But it was Marie that accomplished history and is now in the Louvre today as a portrait on the wall of history for she was held as a prisoner in the Louver. She was locked up by her son for unaccounted treason, because she was the queen of France her only dream. But soon she discovered he was a dirty pig only making the city worst then it was at the time. Once the king was dead she transformed the city she made Paris the art loving city it is today she was much more into buying art from different cities then shedding blood. So basically Marie was the one who changed the Louver from the dungeon to the magnificent piece of art it is today (Guylaine).

What is the glass pyramid?
Well like all great arts it came from history it was modeled off of the great pyramids of Egypt it also fits because the Louvre has the biggest selection of art from Egypt. The pyramids of Egypt are one of the great wonders of the world it has stayed alive even after hundreds of years and I believe that is what the message is that the man Mr. Pei was trying to influence upon us (VonEckardt). The Egyptian pyramids are made out of clay basically and where made to form huge cubic rocks stacked on top of each other, to create a pyramid the only part of the pyramid that is not square id the top which is a smaller pyramid (“History”). The pyramid consists of glass all around which would be much harder to stack then the clay blocks. It was design in 1984 by I.M. Pei an architect it has square base of 35 meters and a height of 20.6 meters. It is set out in the courtyard and surrounded by three smaller pyramids connected by triangular pools and fountains and at night they light it up. It was supposed to look like a huge frozen fountain but unfortunately it did not (VonEckardt). The last thing I want to share is there are people who won’t even put foot near the Louvre because of the legend of the 666 panels the pyramids glass panels is consisted of 666 panels of glass (“History”).

How Many People Visit the Louvre A Day?
 The Statistics say that more than 8 million people go to the Louvre each year and visit the amazingly beautiful scenery and magnificent artworks and more than 12,000 people visit the Louvre a day. There is a dramatic increase in people now then there was when the Louvre first opened to the public in 1793 under the first republic. It is also more popular because there are now just about 300,000 paintings. What is interesting is that the Louvre got its name before it became a museum is that is a place for wolves because before the first palace was built on that spot, wolves were kept there (VonEckardt).

Work Cited

 * Guylaine, Spencer. "A Life in the Louvre." World and I (2006). Galegroup.com. May 2006. Web. 12 Apr. 2010.

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 * "[|History of the Louvre]." //Www.louvre.fr//. 21 June 2005. Web. 12 Apr. 2010.
 * //[|La Gioconda.jpg]//. 2008. Photograph. Louvre, Paris, France.


 * VonEckardt, Wolf. "Pei's Pyramid Perplexes Paris." Times (1984). Galegroup.com. 27 Feb. 1984. Web. 15 Apr. 2010.