LOUVRE MUSEUM, History
- Audio File length: 2.58
- Author: STEFANO ZUFFI E DAVIDE TORTORELLA
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Language: English / USA
Hi, I'm Alyson, your personal guide. Together with MyWoWo, I'd like to welcome you to one of the wonders of the world.
Today I'll accompany you through the Musée du Louvre.
The Louvre is probably the most famous museum on the planet!
To take full advantage of the museum and all its collections, first go to the large square called Cour Napoleon. Here you're surrounded on three sides by the historic building that was once the Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace), and in front of you is the famous Pyramid designed to convey visitors through the underground visitor center and bookshop, which was opened in 1988 to commemorate the bicentennial of the French Revolution.
The slow-moving queues to the entrances are just a tiny fraction of the nine million or so visitors that come to the museum every year....