In 1910, La Gioconda was stolen from the Louvre and her smile disappeared from the world for three years. The painting was recovered in Italy through a dealer, returned to France.

''Mona Lisa,'' a.k.a. La Gioconda, Nat Cole's ''lady with the mystic smile.'' Next year, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece will be 500 years old. The Louvre, which has owned it since the 18th ...

The renovated Louvre will aim for 12 million visitors every year, Macron said. A "new grand entrance" will be created at the Colonnade de Perrault to ease the strain on the glass pyramid, Macron ...