Conveniently located in District 1, on the banks of the river Seine, the Louvre Museum which is a Royal Palace was built on the Foundation of an old Castle, but with the construction of the Chateau de Versailles it became obsolete and was then transformed into a museum back in the year 1700. It was first named the Musee des Arts Center, then it changes to the Musee Napoleon and since then changed again into the official title is the Musee du Louvre. After several extensions and reconstruction, the Castle consists of three wings named Richelieu, Denon, Sully and includes the adjacent building. The building has four floors: a basement, a ground floor and two floors. The area of Louvre width 21ha, of which about 6ha for Museum exhibits. There are eight main areas according to the ancient Oriental theme; Ancient Egypt; Greek, Roman and Etruscan; Islamic art; painting; sculpture; the art of drawing and decorative arts. In addition, the Louvre also has showroom offers history and art collections in Asia, Africa, America and Australia. The inner courtyard of the Palace in the Richelieu wing are dedicated light roof layer exhibited the large sculptures. The first icon when it comes to the Louvre, and was also the place where any visitors would also have to step through the main first pyramid is located between the large courtyard of the Museum. The idea of putting a glass pyramid in the steel frame and between the populations of the classic architecture of the castle of the Louvre was the architect Ming Pei launched, with arguments "is the appropriate architecture brings to light stability as well as the most compatible with the architecture of the Louvre". A large pyramid are three small pyramids and surrounding water tank system. Glass pyramid design allows daylight Sun into the space below. Today, the Louvre is one of the most famous museums in the world, which displays artifacts of the ancient civilization, Islamic art and European art from the 13th century until the middle of the 19th century. With an area of 210 thousand square meters, the Louvre exhibited 35000 on total 380,000 artifacts. In the collection of the Louvre Museum currently has the most famous work of art history, such as the statue of Venus, the victory of Samothrace, Mona Lisa, liberty leading the people, the same values of the ancient civilizations, such as Hammurabi inscribed stone , stele Mesha. The Louvre every year welcomes millions of tourists from all over the world. In addition it also gets a lot of international organizations as well as individual donations and interest. In the future, the Louvre will still continue to retain its status as a leading museums in the world.Located on the square end of the Parkway, Étoile Champs-Elysées, the Arc de Triomphe in the shaft Axe historique go through many important works of Paris. The location of the Arc de Triomphe is the intersection of Highway 12 and the three counties. To go to construction, Passage du Souvenir (anniversary) was built under the square. Arc de Triomphe-sized facade near the square, a width of 45 meters, 50 meters high, is located on the square has a diameter of 240 metres. The process is overall the largest sculpture of France in the 19th century. The face of the many decorated bas-relief, monument and engraving the names of prominent figures in the revolutionary period and the Roman Empire.The four largest sculpture is: March 1792 and 1810 the Champs-Elysées, 1814 and 1815 peaceful resistance to the Grande-Armée. In that start, full name sorties of the 1792 volunteer soldiers, the La Marseillaise noted. The work of the sculptor François Rude, 11.6 meters height 6 meters wide. The face of the four legs of the Arch are decorated by reliefs depicting famous battles during the revolution and the Empire. Beneath the engraved names of famous figures in the history of that period. Six bas-relief, four above the monument and two in the next, describes these phases, events of the French Revolution and Empire. In addition the surface arc de Triomphe also has other small reliefs. Anonymous soldier's grave is located under the Arc de Triomphe from November 11, 1920. This is an anonymous French soldier to die in the battle of Verdun, World War I. In Paris, along with seven other unnamed soldiers buried in Flandres, Artois, Somme, Chemin des Dames, Champagne, Verdun and Lorraine. On the grave in the Arch engraved inscription: "this place rest in a French soldier to die for the fatherland". From 1923, a fire was lit on the anonymous soldiers graves on each evening. The ceremony was held at 18 h 30 at the foot of the Arc de Triomphe continuously to the present day.Today, the Arc de Triomphe remains the place of the official parade in independence day celebrations July 14, especially the sides of the street bearing the colors of red, white, green. On the eve of the calendar, the water here on Champs-Élysee together to celebrate the new year. It is also the point of welcoming the tron champion cyclist
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