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1. The Musee du Louvre Olivia Grey Period 3

3. Was created to defend Paris against the Normans and the English.

4. Partially destroyed in the 16th century, it was later combined with another Chateau to make a Grand Louvre or Grandiose Royal Residence.

5. The Tuileries were burned in 1871 which led way to the building of the Arc du Carrousel, Place de la Concorde, and the Place Charles de Gaulle.www.discoverfrance.net/France/Paris/Museums-Paris/Louvre.shtml

7. It is located along the Seine River.

8. Construction took almost three hundred years.

9. Containing over one hundred rooms, it is the largest Art Museum in the world.www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Louvre

11. Sanctioned as an official museum on August 10th, 1793

12. On November 8, 1793 part of the Royal Palace of Louvre was opened to all as a museum exhibit.

13. The museum went through over five expansions by French kings up until the 17th century as the need to store Royal collections continued.

14. The museum was finished in its entirety under the rule of Napoleon III.http://www.essortment.com/all/louvre_ruon.htm

16. King Charles V had it remodeled to be a country house in the 1300’s

17. King Francis remodeled it to be a French Palace in 1546.

18. In 1672 King Louis XIV moved palace headquarters to a place near Versailles, near Paris.

19. Final reconstruction came under the rule of Napoleon I, then later Napoleon IIIWorld Book 2007

20. The Louvre Pyramid Built in 1989 by renowned American architect I.M Pei. Functions as museums' main entrance. It is made of 673 glass panes and stands 71 feet high. The glass pyramid was constructed to allow the sunlight to reach the underground floor. www.glassonweb.com/articles/article/94/

22. Spent three years on the painting before finishing in 1506.

23. Portrait is said to be of La Giacondo, the wife of Francesco del Giacondo.

24. Now lies behind bullet proof glass at the Louvre Museum.http://www.worsleyschool.net/socialarts/monalisa/page.html

26. The painting was stolen in 1911 and was recovered two years later.

27. In 1956 an acid attempt on the painting damaged the lower half and restoration took several years.

28. The painting is kept in its own room in the Louvre Museum in Paris and is protected in a climate controlled environment and encased in bullet proof glass. This room was built especially for the painting and cost the Louvre Museum over seven million dollars.

29. Called La Jonconde by the French or La Goiconda to the Italians.http://www.arts.ufl.edu/ART/RT_ROOM/mona/mona2.html

31. Discovered on the Aegean Islands on April 18th, 1820.

32. Now stands in the Louvre Museum in Paris, Francehttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/625740/Venus-de-Milo Olivia Grey

34. Also named Nike, after the Greek Goddess of Victory.

35. When found it was originally in fragments, and took many years to restore, but without the head in tact.Source:http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225805&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225805&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500817&bmLocale=en Olivia Grey

37. Pradel, Pierre. "Le Musee du Louvre." www.discoverfrance.netWorld Book. Ed. Pierre Pradel. N.p., 2003. Google. Web. 4 Dec. 2009.

38. Louvre." www.KnowledgeRush.comN.p., n.d. Yahoo. Web. 8 Dec. 2009.

39. "History of the Louvre." Essortment.comN.p., 2002. Google. Web. 5 Dec. 2009.

40. "Louvre Pyramid." www.glassonweb.comN.p., June 2005. Google. Web. 4 Dec. 2009.

41. “The Mona Lisa." www.worsleysschool.netN.p., n.d. Google. Web. 3 Dec. 2009.

44. “Winged Victory of Samothrace." www.louvre.fr. N.p., n.d. Google. Web. 4 Dec. 2009.