The Louvre

louvre facade
Originally uploaded by Rhyanne.

This is THE Louvre. Paris's biggest and richest musuem. It houses an array of paintings, sculptures, treasures and other art collections by world-reknowned artists. Like the Mona Lisa of Leonardi da Vinci, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Venus de Milo, the Great Sphinx, just to name a few. And yes, all these masterpieces (which I used to see only in the books) came to life right before my eyes.

Thousands of tourists all over the world come visit this place everyday. And the lines are extremely long.

The picture shows the facade of the building. As you can see it's structure, made of limestone, is an emblematic resonance of the French Rennaisance architecture.