Paris Louvre
Paris Louvre Whether people love or hate the pyramid which sits at the center of the Louvre’s plaza, the project—as large in scope as the image of the pyramid is well known—ultimately has to be appreciated at least for what it has accomplished in practical terms. The Louvre is the most famous of the Grands Projets (Mitterrand’s 15 billion franc program to provide a series of modern monuments to symbolize France’s central role in art, politics, and world economy at the end of the twentieth century). It is not so much the pyramid, but the entrance space that it covers that is the most important part of the project. The brilliance of making an entrance to the world’s largest art museum by hollowing-out its plaza and constructing underground connections to its various wings could easily be lost amidst the unmistakable iconography of the pyramid. The entrance has rationalized and opened-up the collections of the Louvre to the throngs of museum-goers who visit its collectionsne of the world’s premier aerobatic teams, The Red Arrows are the
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Location: Paris. France.
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