Museo de Louvre

Is one of the largest museums in the world and a historic monument. It is located on Paris, France. Nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited there. The Louvre is themost visited museum in the world. Was established in 1792 and The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings. The majority of the works being royal and confiscated churchproperty. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. this museum has received over 9.7 million visitors in 2012. As of 2008, the collection is dividedamong eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.
The kingfelipe agusto who calls the architect Pierre Lescot to edify the Louvre, and the sculptor Jean Goujon to decorate it. The new Louvre Lescot now has a classic style
the most famous painting in thismuseum is the gioconda, this painting was designed by leonardo de vinci and this painting is in the Louvre Museum.

El Museo del Louvre (en francés: Musée du Louvre) es el museo nacional de Franciaconsagrado al arte anterior al impresionismo, tanto bellas artes como arqueología y artes decorativas. Es uno de los más importantes del mundo. Está ubicado en París (Francia), en el antiguo palacioreal del Louvre, y actualmente promueve dos subsedes, en Lens (Francia) y en Abu Dabi (Emiratos Árabes Unidos).1

Sus extensas colecciones son el resultado de un doble esfuerzo histórico. Alcoleccionismo desarrollado por la monarquía francesa a lo largo de varios siglos, se sumó el esfuerzo de los hombres de la Ilustración, la labor desamortizadora de la Revolución francesa y las campañasarqueológicas y compras impulsadas durante todo el siglo XIX. La apertura del Louvre en 1793 significó, dentro de la historia de los museos, el traspaso de las colecciones privadas de las clases dirigentes...