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The Miraculous Louvre

It's impossible to visit France and not todetails.
attend one of the main attractions of the
French capital - the Louvre. The biggest andThe Winged Victory of Samothrace (a Greek
the most famous world museum was opened togoddess Nike) is a statue of a stunning
public on August 10, 1793. Before that itbeauty. It is created with such an
used to be a private museum available only tounsurpassed skill that it looks alive. The
the elite of the court. The palace, where theVictory is one of the great surviving
museum is situated, is more than 800 yearsmasterpieces of sculpture from the
old, being initially a fortress of PhilipHellenistic period, despite the fact that the
Augustus. Today there is a special exhibitionfigure is significantly damaged, missing its
devoted to this page of the museum history.head and outstretched arms. The sculpture is
Works of all historical epochs and artthought to date from the period 220 to 190
currents (up to the XIX century) areBC. The statue stands on a rostral pedestal
represented in the Louvre. The Italianof gray marble representing the prow of a
collection, which is considered to be theship, and figures the goddess as she
best outside the limits of Italy, has alwaysdescended from the skies to the triumphant
attracted connoisseurs, tourists and artistsfleet. Rendered in white Parian marble, the
from  all  over  the  world.figure originally formed part of the
Sanctuary  of  the  Great  Gods.
The Louvre obtained its present look in 1871
and for a long time it remained unchanged,Venus de Milo is the most popular statue of
until in 1981 Francois Mitterand started athe antique Goddess of Love in the world. It
large-scale reconstruction. This is when theowns the name to the fact that the statue was
famous glass pyramid was built. The newestfound in 1820 on the Milos Island. Initially
Paris sight is much disputed about. Itsit was considered to be a masterpiece of the
author Leoh Ming Pei placed it in the5th century BC, but later the scientists
Napoleon Court. There's a definite logic inidentified that it is much younger. But that
this act as Napoleon is the man who revealeddidn't  lessen  people's love for the statue.
the charm of Egypt to Europe. It's necessary
to bear in mind that one should talk toMona Lisa by Lonardo da Vinci is the most
Parisians about the Pyramid very carefully.mysterious and probably the most popular work
To praise it means to show no taste, andin the world. It is considered to be a
criticism of it can be regarded as an insultportrait of a Florentine lady. But there are
to  the  national  feelings of the Parisians.many other versions about the personality
depicted, according to some of them it is not
By the way it is probably the only sight ofeven a woman. New sensational "clues" to the
the Louvre, which is available for a detailedmystery of her charming smile appear every
examination, especially in the high season,day. But no one can really understand what
when the queues into the museum are reallyemotions hides the picture painted in the
fantastic.sfumato technique, so adored by Lonardo da
Vinci.
Inside the building one can easily lose his
head because of a multitude of the exhibits.The ladies are not the only attractions of
There are more than 400,000 of them (althoughthe Louvre. It is filled with masterpieces
not all are on display of course). The mostthat enrapture and amaze. Once visited the
famous are three of them: The Joconde - Monamuseum, you'll want to come back in the one
Lisa, Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory ofof the first European museums time and time
Samothrace. Let's talk about the Ladies inagain!



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