Louvre,the star of museums

Louvre is one of the oldest, largest and most famous museums of the world. Located in the north bank of the Seine in central Paris, France (right bank), was founded in 1204, after 800 years of expansion, rebuilt to today's scale. Louvre area (including grass) is about 45 hectares, building area of 4.8 hectares. Total length of 680 meters. It's the overall construction was "U"-shaped, divided into new and old in two parts, the old built in the Louis XIV period, the new built in the Napoleonic era. Palace entrance in front of the glass pyramid, a Chinese architect IM Pei design. Meanwhile, the Louvre is France's oldest royal palace. For the films with the Louvre, "Louvre Opera" and so on.

According to statistics, a total collection of the Louvre palace, more than 40 million pieces of Roman Art from the world of art. French art treasures of these sources and types according to their six are on display at that Oriental Art, the ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Egyptian Art, Treasures Museum, Museum of Painting and Sculpture Museum. One painting museum exhibits the largest area of the largest. Louvre area has 198 exhibition halls, the largest of the Great Director 205 meters. Obviously, one day two days can not appreciate all of the rare treasures. So if you want to visit the Louvre, you must first develop a plan to visit the six pavilions one by one, should not rush to fly. If you have time, it can savor; If time is tight, then choose a representative view of art exhibits.