During the second part of the 16th century, the Regent of France named Catherine de Medicis at the time, had the Tuileries Palace built on wilderness lands neighbouring the Louvre. Today, from that royal and imperial mansion only gardens remain. In fact, the monument was burnt during the Paris Commune of 1871, a social conflict… Read more »
Réputé pour être l’un des plus importants musées de France et même du monde, le Louvre abrite des collections inestimables retraçant l’histoire de l’art, de l’Antiquité au 19ème siècle. Bien plus qu’un simple musée, le Louvre est également un monument historique qui permet à ses visiteurs de remonter le temps pour admirer les prouesses architecturales… Read more »
It is at the heart of Paris, along the Champs-Élysées that the Grand Palais received the visitors since the Exposition Universelle of 1900. As an architectural crowning achievement the monument is remarkable for the steel and glass use, for that time components was innovative and contemporary. Over time the Grand Palais put exhibitions, circus shows,… Read more »