Paris for the Holidays

Palais du Louvre (château)

Posted on July 13, 2019 Updated on December 19, 2020

Le Louvre wasn’t always a museum

Originally a fortress
it became a royal palace in the fourteenth century under Charles V
Used from time to time by the kings of France as their main Paris residence.
Its present structure has evolved in stages since the 16th century.
In 1793 part of the Louvre became a public museum,
now the Musée du Louvre has expanded to occupy most of the buildings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvre_Palace

The medieval Louvre

https://www.louvre.fr/en/histoirelouvres/history-louvre/periode-4#tabs

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