The Louvre Palace, often called simply the Louvre, is a palace on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a large expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. Originally a defensive castle, it served several government related functions over the centuries, including intermittently as a royal residence between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries. It is now used mostly by the Louvre Museum, which first opened there in 1793.
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a palace located on the Right Bank of the Seine in Paris, occupying a large expanse of land between the Tuileries Gardens and the church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois
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The Louvre's oldest section still standing above ground, its palatial Lescot Wing, dates from the late 1540s, when Francis I started the replacement of the greatly expanded medieval castle with a new design inspired by classical antiquity and Italian Renaissance architecture.
- In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Neoclassical (one of several period wings)
- In Style: Baroque Revival Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Neo-Baroque (one of several period wings)
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- Wikidata Q1075988, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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