Louvre national art museum in paris . This museum is famous in the world.
Location
the Louvre Palace, in the center of Paris, to the field.
The Louvre Palace, which houses the museum, was begun by King Philip II in the late 12th century to protect the city from the attack from the West, as the Kingdom of England still held Normandy at the time. Remnants of the Medieval Louvre are still visible in the crypt. 32 Whether this was the first building on that spot is not known, and it is possible that Philip modified an existing tower.
History
The origins of the name “Louvre” are somewhat disputed. According to the authoritative Grand Larousse encyclopédique, the name derives from an association with a wolf hunting den (via Latin: lupus, lower Empire: lupara).In the 7th century, Burgundofara (also known as Saint Fare), abbess in Meaux, is said to have given part of her “Villa called Luvra situated in the region of Paris” to a monastery,even though it is doubtful that this land corresponded exactly to the present site of the Louvre.
Revolutionary opening
The Louvre finally became a public museum during the French Revolution. In May 1791, the National Constituent Assembly declared that the Louvre would be “a place for bringing together monuments of all the sciences and arts”.On 10 August 1792, Louis XVI was imprisoned and the royal collection in the Louvre became national property. Because of fear of vandalism or theft, on 19 August, the National Assembly pronounced the museum’s preparation urgent.
21st century
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Ceiling by Cy Twombly installed in 2010 in the Salle des Bronzes, before the room’s redesign in 2021
President Jacques Chirac, who had succeeded Mitterrand in 1995, insisted on the return of non-Western art to the Louvre, upon a recommendation from his friend the art collector and dealer Jacques Kerchache.
