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Louvre Museum

Posted by James Turnbull, Wednesday, 7th September 2005

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The Louvre Museum is housed in a former Royal Palace and is home to many priceless works of art including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and according to Dan Brown, the holy grail.

In the satellite photo you can see large queues of people waiting to enter the museum via the glass pyramid in the centre of the courtyard. You can also scroll a little west for Tuileries gardens.

P.S. Spoiler warning ;-)

Thanks: Luke, Thomas, Kevin, troy, Oggy, tony, Patrick, Heath, stz, Chris Granger, Daniel, Chris, George, Bennet Langlotz, Eric Baudelet & Sergio Giraldo

5 Responses to 'Louvre Museum'

  1. ozjmu says:

    If I hadn’t finally gotten around to reading the book last month I would be really pissed right now :-)

  2. Luke says:

    Haha, I swear I submitted this a few months ago :0

  3. Heath says:

    Yeah, i submitted this awhile back as well and also some other cool things that haven’t been posted…. YET – maybe someday

  4. Hudson Hawk says:

    As opposed to the Louvre in Wisconsin?

  5. Somebody says:

    Yeah I think you shouldnt say the Dan Brown thing… I’d be pissed too if I hadn’t read the book.

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