The Louvre is the world’s most visited museum ... wife of Francesco del Gioconda. The painting, created by Leonardo da Vinci in the early 1500s, is also known as La Gioconda to Italians and ...

Next to Franklin Roosevelt’s and the Cheshire Cat’s, perhaps the most famous smile in the world is that on Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Gioconda, which hangs in the Louvre in Paris.

A Gioconda ou a Mona Lisa é um dos retratos mais emblemáticos da história da pintura e foi pintado por Leonardo da Vinci no século XVI. "A ideia é que haja um ingresso do Louvre, que dê ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday that the "Mona Lisa" will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum under a major renovation and expansion of the Paris landmark that ...

An Italian official in Milan has called for France’s Louvre Museum to temporarily return ... famed painting—known in Italy by the name La Gioconda—to be returned in a post made to social ...

“Long live the Louvre’s new renaissance!” Macron exclaimed at the end of his speech. The Louvre is the largest and busiest museum on the planet, the Times noted. It welcomes almost 9 million ...

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday presented renovation plans for the Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, which has fallen into disrepair and suffers from overcrowding.

The change will actually help visitors experience the Louvre in a truly personal way—through the art of food. Here's how. Why is no one eating in "The Wedding Feast at Cana," by Paolo Veronese ...

Adventures in the Louvre: How to Fall in Love with the World’s Greatest Museum. By Elaine Sciolino. W.W. Norton; 384 pages; $29.99 and £22.99 IF YOU WERE to walk through each of the Louvre’s ...

Built in Paris in the late 12th century, the Louvre Palace for centuries was the official residence of the kings of France, until Louis XIV—weary of rebellious crowds in Paris— abandoned it ...