France plans $800 million makeover for the Louvre, Mona Lisa's overcrowded home
Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.
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The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
The design of the pyramid creates a greenhouse ... Minister Rachida Dati by the Louvre's president-director, Laurence des Cars, outlining issues of concern was leaked to the press. According to French ...
The Louvre in Paris needs a full upgrade — here’s a list of its problems
The Louvre in Paris needs a full upgrade — here’s a list of its problems - French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce possibly hundreds of millions of euros in renovation work for the Lo ...
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Mona Lisa to Get Her Own Room as the Overcrowded Louvre Expands
Image The Louvre Pyramid, the glass-and-steel entrance to ... Mr. Macron’s announcement came less than a week after the daily newspaper Le Parisien reported that Laurence des Cars, the Louvre ...
‘Mona Lisa’ to be moved to private room in Louvre
President Macron announced last week that the Mona Lisa will be moved to a private room with its own ticket and the Louvre museum will undergo renovations.
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The 'Mona Lisa' will get its own room under a major renovation of the Louvre
The Louvre’s last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled ... document first released by French newspaper Le Parisien, she warned about the gradual ...
Louvre president: 'If the public wants to take selfies with a work of art, we have to accept it'
In an interview with Le Monde, Laurence des Cars explains how the Paris museum is embarking on renovation and redevelopment ...
Paris’ Louvre museum, in dire state, cries for help
PARIS - The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and home to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, has requested urgent help from ...
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Paris’ Louvre museum in dire state, problems ‘endanger’ art, director warns in plea for help
In a letter to Culture Minister Rachida Dati, revealed by Paris daily Le Parisien ... Last year, the Louvre welcomed 8.7 million visitors, who all entered via the pyramid-shaped western entrance ...
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France plans $800M makeover for the Louvre, Mona Lisa's overcrowded home
The Louvre Pyramid will continue to be a visitor access point, however. The new entrance will open onto the museum's eastern courtyard, the Cour Carrée, and the plan is to expand downwards ...
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The 'Mona Lisa' will get its own room under a major renovation of the Louvre
"According to the document first released by French newspaper Le Parisien ... ($834 million). The Louvre's last overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled.
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‘Mona Lisa’ will get its own room under a 10-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris
The Louvre’s latest overhaul dates back to the 1980s, when the iconic glass pyramid was unveiled ... document first released by French newspaper Le Parisien, she warned about the gradual ...