Carrousel du Louvre in Paris
In October 1990, the French Secretary of Culture & Communication unveiled the prestigious project dedicated to the exhibition of fashion collections, replacing the temporary facilities that had been built within the Louvre Museum itself, in the famous Cour Carrée. The Carrousel du Louvre lies at the entrance of the reception area of the Louvre museum, in a setting of high archaeological interest where the very heart of medieval Paris is still beating. Its construction under architects NIM, Ieoh Ming Pei and Michel Macary required the largest working perimeter ever set on a historical building within Paris city limits and were spread about 2,5 hectares. Construction works unveiled "King Charles 5th's Wall", the medieval moat that protected the city from outsiders' attacks in the 14th century. Those stones have been left and maintained in their original location and now surround "King Charles 5th's Hall" in the Carrousel du Louvre finding dictated the choice of Burgundy stone and white architectural concrete as the only materials to be used in the architecture of the Carrousel du Louvre. It also inspired the large and sometimes impressive spaces to be found within the mall.
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Location: Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France
Photo credit: © David Jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 14th, archeology, carrousel, century, du, exhibition, france, louvre, medieval, moat, paris, shop, travel, underground
