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Louvre Museum
The Louvre Museum is the largest art museum in the world. The Louvre is located in Paris, France. Its area is estimated at 72734.72 square meters. The museum forms part of the Louvre Palace, which was built during the twelfth century, which makes it one of the historical monuments in Paris. The building was also used For the first time as a fort before turning into a royal residence in 1546 AD, and in the year 1692 AD during the reign of King Louis XIV, it was used as a residence for technical academics, and after a hundred years the Louvre Museum was opened and it contains 537 paintings, but for the time being it is estimated the number of art pieces It contains about 38,000 pieces.
Classification of the Louvre
The Louvre managed to top the world rankings of museums in terms of popularity, with an average of 84.3%, and despite being ranked second at the European level after the Van Gogh Museum located in the Netherlands, it was ranked first in terms of the quality of its art and its contributions In society, he led the world of museums.
Visitors to the Louvre Museum
The Louvre Museum is considered one of the most visited museums in the world, receiving approximately 9.3 million visitors annually, and 30% of them are locals who usually visit temporary exhibitions, and 70% of tourists and visitors come to Paris in order to learn about its permanent attractions and museums.
Contents of the Louvre
The museum contains a number of amazing art paintings, the most important of which is the Mona Lisa painting by artist Leonardo da Vinci, and the statue of Venus de Milo by its owner Aphrodite, in addition to containing the best diamonds in the world named Regent, and many Egyptian artifacts, Archeological sculptures dating back to the Romen, Greek, Islamic, and other artifacts donated by the French nobles to the museum, and the history of the art pieces in it dates from the sixth century BC to the nineteenth century.
