The Louvre

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Experience the eight centuries of the palace's history and the 100 masterpieces of European art from the 13th century to the beginning of the 19th century.

Admire the greatest treasures of the ancient civilizations of Egypt and the Orient: the Seated Scribe, the Winged Assyrian Bulls from Khorsabad; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman masterpieces: the Venus de Milo, the Sarcophagus of the Spouses, the ideal statue of Marcellus; beautiful sculptures of the European schools: The Captives by Michelangelo, the Horses of Marly, the Milo of Crotona; magnificent objets d'art; and over fifty new paintings, sketches, and engravings by Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens, David, Delacroix, and others.