The Musée du Louvre of Paris , part VII !!!

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This is a love affair of many years now, even if less due to the distance. If you read my blog ,you know I am an amateur of history and architecture and tried to put a bit of them in all my posts. You have ,also, read I am friend of several wonderful properties in my belle France; one of them is the sublime Musée du Louvre !!! I have found me an old paper picture, and from my cd rom vault of these official visits day/night, and they should be in my blog for you and me. Therefore, here is my take on the wonderful amazing gorgeous the Musée du Louvre of Paris , part VII !!! Hope you enjoy this post as I.

The famous pyramid of the Louvre museum is made up of glass and metal, located in the middle of the Cour Napoléon courtyard of the museum. It houses the main entrance to the museum. The metal structure which supports the glass facing is made of steel and aluminum and weighs 200 tons; It amounts to round up 22 meters on a square base of 35 meters side. It is covered with 603 diamonds and 70 glass triangles and is the first large construction to use laminated glass. It is awesome and just wonderful just to see it; me many times by it!

It is in the galerie d’Apollon or Apollo’s gallery that Louis XIV associates for the first time his royal power with the Divinity of the Sun. Today, the Apollo gallery is home to the Royal Gems and Diamonds collection of the Crown. Through Apollo, the gallery exalts the glory of the Sun King.The gallery presents the sumptuous collection of gems united by the kings of France. These works carved out in precious minerals (Agate, Amethyst, Lapis-Lazuli, Jade, Sardoine or Cristal de Roche) and highlighted by most often spectacular mounts are very luxury objects, appreciated since Antiquity. Louis XIV had a real passion for gems: his collection had around 800 pieces.

See in the picture below, a mahogany-plated oak showcase with gilded bronze walls dating from 1822 and made by the famous Jacob-Desmalter cabinetmaker.

Paris musée du Louvre galerie d'Apollon

A bit of history tell us that on February 6, 1661, the flames ravaged the sumptuous Petite Galerie or little gallery which dated from the reign of Henri IV. His grandson, Louis XIV, immediately undertakook to rebuild an even more beautiful gallery, and entrusts the works to the architect Louis Le Vau. The 23 -year -old, the young king has just chosen the sun for emblem. It will therefore be the theme of the new gallery that bears the name of the Greek God of Light and the Arts, Apollo. The king’s first painter, Charles Le Brun, is responsible for designing the decor and surrounds himself with the best artists to make it. The first example of a royal gallery, the Galerie d’Apollon or Apollo gallery becomes the field of aesthetic and architectural experiences. Twenty years later, it will serve as a model for one of the symbols of French classicism: the Galerie des Glaces of the Château de Versailles. But soon Louis XIV abandons the Louvre and Paris for Versailles where he ended up settled definitively with the court. The gallery is therefore left unfinished. It was not until two centuries later, in 1850, that the decor was finished. Eugène Delacroix is ​​responsible for making a 12 -meter -wide work to decorate the center of the ceiling, Apollo winner of the Python serpent, a true pictorial manifesto of romanticism. The decor is also completed on the walls where tapestries show the portraits of 28 sovereigns and artists who, over the centuries, have built and embellished the palace.

Theofficial Louvre museum on the galerie d’Apollon: https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/sun-gold-and-diamonds

The Paris tourist office on the Louvre museum :  https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/musee-du-louvre-p3489

Ahh the Louvre !!! A wonderful monument to mankind, and an even greater museum to the world. A must when in anywhere in my eternal Paris ! You have not visited Paris without the Louvre museum !!! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Musée du Louvre of Paris , part VII !!! as I.

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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Published by pedmar10

I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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