Louvre Tuileries – The Louvre Museum, the Place de la Concorde and the Jardin des Tuileries

the Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum

The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world. Besides the “Joconde “, the “Victory of Samothrace ” or the “Vénus de Milo “, it is packed with masterpieces from many countries. The galleries show fantastic collections of European paintings and sculptures from^, the 12th to the 19th cent., but also Oriental, Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities. Alter the fantastic artistic treasures of the museum, the architectural splendour of the place will command your admiration. This Renaissance castle built by François 1^1, at the beginning of the 15th cent. was extended and enriched by his successors throughout the centuries. The last great achievement is Ieoh Ming Pei’s Pyramide, inaugurated in 1989.

the place de la concorde

The Place de la Concorde

The Place de la Concorde is one of Europe’s most magnificent places built as a formal garden and covering more than 20 acres in the centre of Paris. It found its final architecture and name in 1836 with the eight statues representing the big French cities and the maiestic fountains around the Luxor obelisk. Unlike most places that are limited by buildings, the Place de la Concorde has no real limits on three rides. Night and day, the panoramic view is unforgettable: the Tuileries garden, the French National Assembly and the Champs-Élysées…

the jardin des tuileries

The Jardin des Tuileries

Opposite the Louvre, the Jardin des Tuileries is considered as a masterpiece of classical art. The oldest formal garden in Paris, it was originally laid out for the Cardinal de Richelieu and later redesigned by André Le Nôtre, King Louis XIV’s gardener Today it stretches on a flat plot of land between the Louvre palace and the perspective that starts with the Ferris wheel, the Obelisk of the Place de la Concorde and ends with the Arc de Triomphe.