COLUMN. Versailles, the Msuée d'Orsay, and the Bastille and Garnier operas all require major and costly renovations. The ...

"It's nine centuries of history, at the heart of Paris and at the heart of the history of France," said des Cars ... Louvre's most famous piece, the Mona Lisa. If you ask the people standing ...

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 ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a massive renovation of the Louvre in Paris -- including a separate gallery for the museum's most famous holding, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa.

An Italian official in Milan has called for France’s Louvre Museum to temporarily return Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Italy as the museum faces concerns of disrepair and appeals for ...

Shortly after McDonald's celebrated its 30-year presence in France, the fast-food chain is conquering one of the country's ...

The renovations are expected to take nearly a decade to complete and will include a new entrance and a dedicated room displaying the Mona Lisa ... of the messages that France must convey to ...

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Leonardo was buried in France in 1519. There is no case for thinking that the Mona Lisa was literally “stolen” by the French king. We may feel that the naïve Peruggia can scarcely be blamed ...

As for the Mona Lisa, the painting never fell into the hands of the del Giocondo family. Upon Leonardo da Vinci’s death in Amboise, France in 1519, the painting was acquired by French King ...