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: ...

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 ...

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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 ...