• Nancy and Doug TripsParis, Basque Country & CaminoTraveler
    Breakfast at the Hotel Eugenie, fresh croissants daily!
    The LouvreVenus de Milo, Greek goddess of love and beauty, 150 BCCupid1Beth as Athena, Greek God of WisdomProcession of Panathenaic Festival: Parthenon friezeRoman statues had been moved out to reno the ceilingWinged VictoryAb impressive royal passage housing Crown Jewels including the Regent DiamondJewels of the daughter of Josephine and Napoleon ICrown of empress Eugénie wife of Napoleon IIIMedieval ages alter piece painting of MarySt Francis 1226The Renaissance Gallery: 3 football fields longNo one seems to stay long looking at this Leonardo DaVinci painting...yet it is quite striking

    The Louvre

    May 28, 2025 in France ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    After our nice French breakfast at the hotel we were ready for a big morning at the world's most famous art gallery.

    We had 0930h admission tickets to the Louvre and as expected we were not particularly early. The world s largest museum has 8 miles of galleries and it would take 13 (24 hour) days to see every piece displayed. This previous palace became a museum after the French Revolution and 8.4 million people visited in 2024 (Olympics year). We followed the Rick Steves Louvre Tour audio guide and found it a useful way of navigating the evolution of prehistory to 1850’s art. Famous Greek originals such as the Venus de Milo evolving into Roman statues and then Middle Ages religious themes and finally the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a time of art, science and humanism. Three dimensional painting of the idealized beauty, Greek mythology, religious scenes, great battles and political events.Read more