The Louvre, on west side, was a mere castle, with a big tower on the river Seine, facing the tour de Nesles. It became under the reign of Charles V (1338-1380) the new royal palace, enlarged and embellished generation by generation. The medieval basis is visible inside the actual museum, called the « Grand Louvre », since the spectacular transformations of the 1990s (pyramide). image: The Professor Pitte’s reconstruction, based on Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry.
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The Louvre, on west side, was a mere castle, with a big tower on the river Seine, facing the tour de Nesles. It became under the reign of Charles V (1338-1380) the new royal palace, enlarged and embellished generation by generation. The medieval basis is visible inside the actual museum, called the « Grand Louvre », since the spectacular transformations of the 1990s (pyramide).

image: The Professor Pitte’s reconstruction, based on Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry.

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