Louvre Museum Full Guide

Visiting the Louvre is like seeing five mega museums in one. You can reach the moon seven times before you can walk the entire length of this magnificent museum! There are separate sections for antiquities, paintings, decorative arts, royal apartments, and, interestingly, a section devoted to the dark history of the Louvre itself. For it was once a Medieval castle with a picturesque moat, and its bulwarks guarded the city and its royal residences. Over time, though the palace outgrew the castle and with that, the latter gradually lost its utilitarian value. This part of Louvre’s history is still being preserved in its womb and to see it you need the guts to walk through the deep bowels of the museum that are only accessed via the gated access to the Sully wing. Undoubtedly, this is the oldest part of the building that still holds some of its past secrets. In its next life, the Louvre…