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MUSÉE DU LOUVRE
MUSÉE DU LOUVRE SIGN PROGRAM
Paris, France
Carbone Smolan Agency (est. 1980), Designers
New York, New York, USA
1989
Musée du Louvre, one of France’s national trea-
sures, is one of the largest buildings in Europe
and the most visited museum in the world.
It is located on the Seine’s Right Bank in
Paris, housed in the Palais du Louvre, which
began as a fortress built in the late twelfth
century under Philip II and covers an area of
652,300 square feet (60,600 sq m). The mu-
seum opened in 1793 and is comprised of the
Sully Wing to the east, the Richelieu Wing to the
north, and the Denon Wing to the south, parallel
to the Seine. ...