The Galerie Vivienne is defined by its long, L-shaped corridor covered by a high glass roof, which allows soft daylight to fall onto complex geometric floor mosaics. Built in eighteen twenty-three and inaugurated in eighteen twenty-six,…
Royal Louvre and Tuileries
Follow the grand axis of French monarchical power on this walk from an elegant covered arcade through the courtyards of the Louvre to the revolutionary expanse of the Place de la Concorde.
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1. Galerie Vivienne
2. Domaine National du Palais-Royal
The Domaine National du Palais-Royal is distinguished by the two hundred and sixty black-and-white striped marble columns that rise at varying heights across its main courtyard. Known as the Colonnes de Buren, this installation by French…
3. Cour Carrée
The Cour Carrée is a perfectly square courtyard, measuring about one hundred and sixty meters on each side, enclosed by eight wings with matching pavilions. It occupies the precise footprint of the twelfth-century fortress built by King…
4. Louvre Pyramid
The Louvre Pyramid is a precise geometric structure of glass and metal that rises twenty-one point six meters from the center of the Cour Napoléon. It is composed of six hundred seventy-three individual panes—six hundred three rhombuses…
5. Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel is distinguished by the bronze chariot and four horses that crown its summit, a centerpiece that faces the Louvre. Built between eighteen oh six and eighteen oh eight, the structure was commissioned by…
6. Tuileries Garden
The Tuileries Garden is identifiable by its long, symmetrical central axis that creates a clear, open path from the Louvre Museum toward the Place de la Concorde. Stretching twenty-three hectares, this space is the oldest and largest…
7. Place de la Concorde
The Place de la Concorde is dominated by the Luxor Obelisk, a twenty-three-metre-tall granite monolith covered in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. This stone pillar, which once stood at the entrance to the Luxor Temple, was gifted to France…