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The Louvre has a long history of artistic and historic conservation, inaugurated in the Capetian dynasty (c. 1000) until today.

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The Louvre's first exhibition of drawings featured 415 works and took place in the Galerie d'Apollon at 28 Thermidor of the year V (August 15, 1797).

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The Department of Near Eastern Antiquities—the youngest of the Louvre's departments up until the recent creation of the Department of Islamic Art—was established in 1881.

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The Louvre displays 35,000 works of art drawn from eight curatorial departments, displayed in over 60,600 square meters of exhibition space dedicated to the permanent collections.

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Later period paintings like Picasso and Renoir are not found at the Louvre.

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The Louvre's collections number over 380,000 objects: though not one of world's largest collections, certainly one of the finest.

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The Department of Paintings reflects the encyclopedic scope of the Louvre, encompassing every European school from the thirteenth century to 1848.

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The Louvre painting collections examine European painting in the period from the mid-thirteenth century (late medieval) to the middle of the nineteenth century.

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Kings Henry IV and Louis XIII added wings to the Louvre as did Napoleon III.

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One of the Louvre's eight departments is devoted to the museum's extraordinary collection of works on paper, which include prints, drawings, pastels, and miniatures.

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The pyramid covers the Louvre entresol and forms part of the new entrance into the museum.

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One of the aims of the Louvre, which played a leading role in this rediscovery, is to reveal the depth of the region’s cultural roots and its enduring values.

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The first building in the existing Louvre was begun in 1535 on the grounds of the old castle, and designed by architect Pierre Lescot in the style of the Renaissance.

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Today, it has been renovated as a part of the Grand Louvre Renovation Program.

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The first royal "Castle of the Louvre" was established in Paris by Philip Augustus in 1190.

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The Louvre's collection covers Western art from the medieval period to 1848, formative works from the civilizations of the ancient world, and works of Islamic art.

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The Louvre Museum (French: Musйe du Louvre) in Paris, France, is one of the oldest, largest, and most famous art galleries and museums in the world.

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The Louvre Pyramid was commissioned by then-French president Franзois Mitterrand and was inaugurated in 1989.

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The Louvre houses 35,000 works of art displayed in eight curatorial departments: Near Eastern Antiquities; Islamic Art; Paintings; Egyptian Antiquities; Sculptures; Prints and Drawings; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; and Decorative Arts.

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After the French Revolution, when the Musйe des Monuments Franзais was closed, some of its finest works were transferred to the Louvre.

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