Friday, January 16, 2009

Pyramids of the Louvre
















Commissioned in 1984 by French President Francois Mitterand, the glass Pyramids of the Louvre were finished in 1989. The people of France did not initially appreciate these modern, "futuristic" structures juxtaposed with the traditional classical architecture of the Louvre, but they are now helds as icons of the city.

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