Day: March 13, 2024
2024 Day Seven of Paris Trip
Another wow day as James got to visit the most famous art museum in the world! The Louvre is home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the Medieval Louvre fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to urban expansion, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function, and in 1546 Francis I converted it into the primary residence of the French Kings.
The Louvre, as so many of the other places James visited, is the setting for another famous movie, “The Davinci Code”.
