Cour Carrée
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The Cour Carrée is one of the main courtyards of the Louvre Palace in Paris. The wings surrounding it were built gradually, over the course of the demolition of the medieval Louvre and the constructio
Salle des Caryatides
West side of the Cour Carrée and the Lescot Wing, including the Pavillon de l'Horloge and the Lemercier Wing
A pre-1655 view of the Louvre Palace from the wes, depicted in Topographia Galliae
Republican rooster in the tympanum of the pediment of the west façade of the central pavilion of the east wing
Louvre Colonnade
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The Louvre Colonnade is the easternmost façade of the Louvre Palace in Paris. It has been celebrated as the foremost masterpiece of French architectural classicism since its construction, mostly betwe
The Louvre Colonnade
The 183-metre long east façade in 2005
Drawing by François Le Vau, which may be his proposal of 1664
Bernini's first project (1664), drawing, Musée du Louvre