Paris for the Holidays

Architecture of the Louvre

Posted on March 28, 2019 Updated on November 9, 2020

Louis Visconti

Hector Lefuel

Claude Perrault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Perrault
Perrault’s Colonnade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrault%27s_Colonnade

Pierre Lescot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Lescot
Lescot Wing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lescot_Wing
Henri II staircase

Pavillon de Flore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavillon_de_Flore
Le Triomphe de Flore (The Triumph of Flora) Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Pavillon de l’Horloge

Louvre Pyramid

Cour Carrée

Louvre Castle

the Colonnade

Louvre History
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Louvre-Museum