the Louvre began as a royal fortress. During the 16th century, Francis I demolished the old fortress and rebuilt it as a Renaissance-style palace. The building housed royalty until the 1600s ...

In order to fund the museum's colossal €800 million renovation plan, director Laurence des Cars has no shortage of ideas: ...

Snapping a photo at the Eiffel Tower might be the ultimate goal for many tourists, but there's so much more to see in the ...

Renovation work at the former royal palace is expected to be very costly and technically complicated, but the cost of proposed upgrades has not yet been laid out. Half of the Louvre’s budget is ...

The Louvre communication service said no one was hurt and no incident was reported. Paris police said officers searched the museum after it received written bomb threats. The former royal palace ...

Doechii, Michelle Yeoh, Dev Patel and more stars mingled with fashion’s celebrities at the first fashion-fabulous Grand Dîner ...

While Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia actually live at Drottningholm Palace (some 20 minutes west of Stockholm), Kungliga Slottet (Royal Palace) serves as their workplace and is the ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 8. A protest took place in central Paris against French President Emmanuel Macron's plans to send ...

Although the royal family does not currently live in the palace, it is still considered their official residence. It is also thought to be the largest royal palace in Western Europe with a total ...