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The Louvre Museum, located ………………….. (in / on / at) Paris, is the world’s most visited art museum. It has nearly 35,000 pieces of art and they are displayed …………………….. (on / over / in) 60,000 square metres.

Construction began ……………………….. (at / in / on) the original Palais du Louvre in 1190 ……………………. (under / over / below) Philip II. Over the centuries the structure became a fortress, prison, and residence. It was during the reign of Francois I that the Louvre first became a depository ………………………….. (to / with / for) art. It was first opened ……………………….. (to / for / with) the public on August 10, 1793, during the French Revolution. After the collapse of the Bourbon monarchy, the royal collection was declared national property and the National Assembly officially turned the palace……………………… (into / on to / on) a museum. Spoils returned by Napoleon’s victorious armies were also added …………………….. (with / to / of) the existing collection.

The museum contains some of the world’s most celebrated artworks, chief ………………………. (in / among / between) them being Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, and Madonna of the Rocks; Jacques Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii; Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People; and Alexandros of Antioch’s Venus de Milo.

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The Louvre Museum , located in Paris , is the world’s most visited art museum. It has nearly 35,000 pieces of art and they are displayed over 60,000 square metres.

Construction began on the original Palais du Louvre in 1190 under Philip II. Over the centuries the structure became a fortress, prison, and residence. It was during the reign of Francois I that the Louvre first became a depository for art. It was first opened to the public on August 10, 1793, during the French Revolution. After the collapse of the Bourbon monarchy, the royal collection was declared national property and the National Assembly officially turned the palace into a museum. Spoils returned by Napoleon’s victorious armies were also added to the existing collection.

The museum contains some of the world’s most celebrated artworks, chief among them being Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, and Madonna of the Rocks; Jacques Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii; Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People; and Alexandros of Antioch’s Venus de Milo. It is divided among eight curatorial departments.