When Was The Louvre Museum Completed And Who Completed It?
I am doing a report on the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. I've searched everywhere for information but all of the information I got was on the artwork inside. I need information on the building itself.
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The Musée du Louvre was originally built in 1200 as a fort by Philippe Auguste. Louis IX added to it, then Charles V added more to it and moved in, changing it from a fort to a palace. Francois I added some more to it as did Henri II who moved in. After he died, his widow, Catherine de Medici , built the Tuileries. Henri IV, Louis XIII and Louis XIV all added more to the Louvre but then Louis XIV moved himself and the court out to Versailles so building came to a halt at the Louvre. Artists at that time started living (squatting) in the Louvre. Later Napolean opened the Louvre as a museum.
The famous glass pyramid (designed and constructed by I.M. Pei)was constructed and opened to the public in 1989.
You can find more details about construction at
The Louvre Construction
The famous glass pyramid (designed and constructed by I.M. Pei)was constructed and opened to the public in 1989.
You can find more details about construction at
The Louvre Construction
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