The Italian architect Bernini submitted a series of designs for the Louvre’s East wing in 1665. How would Paris look today if Louis XIV had commissioned him instead of turning his attention to Versailles? Paris: all the great monarchs and statesmen of France have left their mark on the capital. In March 1989, President François Mitterand inaugurated I.M. Pei’s pyramid at the Louvre, then…
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