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Advantages: Only place to see the Mona Lisa Disadvantages: Very busy all the time
Museedu Louvre (Louvre Museum)
Background
The Louvre is the most visited and one of the oldest, largest and most famous art galleries and museums in the world.
The first royal ?Castle of the Louvre? was founded in what was then the western edge of Paris by Philip Augustus in 1190, as a fortified royal palace to defend Paris on its west against Plantagenet attacks. The first building in the existing Louvre was begun in 1535, after demolition of the Old Castle (foundations of the Old Castle are now an exhibition). The architect Pierre Lescot introduced to Paris the new design vocabulary of the Renaissance, which had been developed in the chateaux of the Loire.
During his reign (1589 ? 1610), King Henry IV added the Grande Galerie. Henry IV, a promoter of the arts, invited hundreds of artists and craftsmen to live and work ...
pricey1980 06.08.2007 (07.08.2007)
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Advantages: writes well enough Disadvantages: none
with smudging or ink blobs with these.
These pens are ideal for school, home or office use.
They are available in many stationers on or off line at http://www.caboodle.co.uk/ you can buy a box of 50 for £8.41 (sale price) £19.50 previous price. At http://www.ryman.co.uk a single pen is 35p. So as you can see they are not an expensive item.
A short history lesson.
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The first ball point pen was a ball point marker, a leaky pen invented by John Loud in 1888.
Biro invented a ball pen it was patented in 1938 .
A man called Micheal Bich had a buisiness making partys for fountain pens ,in 1950 he created his own ball point pen. He shortened the name to Bic and the Bic cristal ball point pen is now a popular pen which lasts for ages.
Would I recomend ? Yes well I am not sure which brand of ball point pen is the best but ...
Advantages: grand architecture and truly spectacular exhibitions Disadvantages: can be quite crowded, impossible to finish in one day
it is impossible to describe the sheer splendour of the musee louvre. with the da vinci code, this structure has achieved cult-like status (no pun intended) around the world!
first up, the exterior of the louvre. it is simply one of the largest and most breathtaking buildings. i would probably rank it as the most magnificient structure in paris, even ahead of the eiffel. the glass triangle dome makes it super unique and a picture with it would definitely say a thousand words.
next up, the interior. the lourve is split up into 3 different galleries, Scully, Denon and Richelieu if i remember correctly. anw, if u ask the info counter staff, they would always recommend the gallery with mona lisa in it.
the experience is like a pilgrimage. hundreds of ppl would flock straight to the mona lisa (hard to miss with loads of pointing to ...
roycechew 23.10.2006 (24.10.2006)
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