The Louvre Museum (Paris, France) has more than 380,000 precious artifacts on display, but thousands of international tourists line up every day mainly to see the Mona Lisa painting.
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| Built over 800 years ago in Paris (France), the Louvre is the world's largest art museum. The area is over 160,000 square meters, of which 50,000 square meters are for exhibition. |
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| More than 380,000 precious artifacts are preserved, of which 58,000 masterpieces are on display for public viewing. |
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| From the original structure with bird gardens and animal forests to large living rooms, waiting rooms, lobbies, bedrooms and small rooms, the Louvre is now divided into 7 special exhibition areas with many expensive antiques, with thousands of years of history. |
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| Nearly 10 million visitors from all over the world visit this museum every year. The Louvre has helped make Paris an international center of art and culture. |
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| The Renaissance painting gallery attracts many visitors. |
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| Visitors are dwarfed by the masterpiece "The Coronation of Napoleon". This is an 1807 painting by Jacques-Louis David - Napoleon Bonaparte's personal painter. The work is nearly 10 meters long and more than 6 meters high, depicting the coronation ceremony of Napoleon Bonaparte at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on December 2, 1804. |
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| American Peter said he had to wait in line for more than 3 hours to admire the masterpieces here, and he found it completely worth it. |
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| The most popular attraction of the museum is the Mona Lisa, which is always crowded with visitors. The painting was painted by Leonardo da Vinci in oil on a poplar panel in Florence in the 16th century, during the Italian Renaissance. The Mona Lisa has been on display in the Louvre since 1797. The painting has many mysteries that have not been solved to this day. |
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| On August 21, 1911, art enthusiasts around the world were shocked to learn that the painting had been stolen by an Italian museum employee named Peruggia. Two years later, the painting was found and returned to its original location. Since then, this masterpiece has been heavily protected by bulletproof glass and a modern alarm system. |
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| Visitors take pictures of the painting as a reminder of having seen it with their own eyes. |
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| The 2,006-year-old marble statue of the Nike of Samothrace is placed in the most prominent position in the museum. It is considered one of the greatest "sculptural wonders" of mankind. |
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| The Venus de Milo statue always attracts a large number of visitors. The statue is the most famous ancient sculpture, depicting Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, carved from marble, slightly larger than life with a height of 203 cm but missing both arms and the original pedestal. |
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| Not only the exhibits attract visitors, but the museum's ceilings are also extremely sophisticated works of art. |
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| These paintings and carvings were made hundreds of years ago, but still retain their vibrant and vivid colors. |
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| There are many souvenir sellers around the museum. A small Louvre or Eiffel Tower icon costs from 1 euro (equivalent to 25,000 VND). |
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| At night, the museum sparkles in the light. The glass pyramid stands out brilliantly. |
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| This is where Parisians love to come to relax and have fun. Charlene Lamba is a freelance singer in Paris. Every evening she often comes here to sing and chat with friends. |
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