Louvre Museum
The world's most visited art museum, housed in a royal palace on the Right Bank of the Seine. It holds the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory, and in its basement the stone footings of the medieval fortress built under Philip II can still be seen.
- Where
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 48.8611, 2.3358
Get the Louvre Museum stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Louvre Museum. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Île-de-France volume with your photos and a note.
Near Louvre Museum
Musée d'Orsay 0.7 km
A museum in a Beaux-Arts railway station on the Left Bank, built from 1898 to 1900 and opened as a museum in 1986. It holds the world's largest collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art, from Monet and Renoir to Degas, Cézanne and van Gogh.
Tuileries Garden 0.8 km
A public garden between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde, created by Catherine de' Medici in 1564 for a palace that no longer stands. Opened to the public in 1667, it has been a place for Parisians to stroll, meet and sit by its fountains ever since.
Conciergerie 0.9 km
A former courthouse and prison on the Île de la Cité that began as part of the medieval royal palace, alongside the Sainte-Chapelle. Two great Gothic halls survive from that palace, and Marie Antoinette was held here in her last days.
Sainte-Chapelle 0.9 km
A royal chapel on the Île de la Cité, built between 1238 and 1248 for King Louis IX to house the Crown of Thorns. Its upper chapel is walled almost entirely in stained glass, so that on a bright day the whole room glows with colour.
Musée de l'Orangerie 1.0 km
A gallery in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden, best known as the permanent home of Claude Monet's eight great Water Lilies murals, hung in two oval rooms. Downstairs are works by Cézanne, Matisse, Modigliani, Picasso and Renoir.
Île de la Cité 1.1 km
One of two natural islands in the Seine and the place where Paris began. Clovis I, first King of the Franks, set up his castle here in 508, and today its 22.5 hectares hold Notre-Dame, the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie.
Place de la Concorde 1.2 km
The largest square in Paris, 7.6 hectares at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées. At its centre stands an Egyptian obelisk from Luxor, more than 3,000 years old, flanked by two grand fountains.
Centre Pompidou 1.2 km
A building worn inside out, its pipes, ducts and escalators painted in bright colours on the outside, designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. Locals call it Beaubourg, and it holds one of the largest collections of modern art in Europe.
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Questions
Where is Louvre Museum?
Louvre Museum is in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Musée d'Orsay (0.7 km), Tuileries Garden (0.8 km), Conciergerie (0.9 km).
How do I get the Louvre Museum stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Louvre Museum and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Île-de-France volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Louvre Museum before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Île-de-France volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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