Le Louvre
The Louvre houses the most important collection in the Western world. French governments over the past five centuries have assembled the paintings, sculptures and artefacts on display. Only 35.000 of the Louvre's 300.000 masterpieces are on display.

The collections span the period from remotest antiquity (Sumerians, Egyptians) through the Greek and Roman antiquities, the Middle Age, the Renaissance and ends at about 1850. The Louvre is divided in four sections.

Sully forms the four sides of the Cour Carr�e (square Courtyard) at he eastern end of the building. The galleries, on each side of the rotunda, decorated with stone relief by Jean Goujon, present the evolution of the Louvre building during its transformation from fortress to royal residence and finally museum.

Napoleon 1st, Lorenzo Bartolini
Egyptian Artifacts
Mona Lisa Léonard de Vinci (Leonardo da Vinci)
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