Museum Louvre

The Louvre is not an ordinary museum. It is a former royal palace, a building that grew out of a defensive fortress, and today — the most visited art museum in the world. Its history is inextricably intertwined with the history of France: from the medieval walls of Philip Augustus to the Renaissance dream of Francis I, from the departure of Louis XIV, from the conquests and collections of Napoleon to the glass pyramid of Mitterrand.