The anniversary caught my attention, because I read a lot about the controversy that surrounded this work in the 1980s. During the government of François Mitterrand, in #France, a project was proposed in 1981 to remodel the entrance to the world-famous Museum of the Louvre. The volume of visitors to the #Louvre was no longer manageable due to the accesses to the building, which belonged to previous centuries.
The first buildings of the Louvre date back to the end of the 12th century, as a fortress, in the 16th century its military importance was reduced, and it was remodeled as the main residence for French royalty (1546). It was a residence until 1682, when King Louis XIV moved the residence to the Palace of Versailles, and designated the Louvre as an exhibition site for the royal collection, which could be considered its beginning as a #museum.
In 1789, the French Revolution came and the
Ancien Régime was swept away, and that changed many things. In 1793 the museum opened, but it had to close again between 1796 and 1801, due to problems in its structure and problems in placing the collections. I am going to jump to the 80s of the 20th century, to point out that the old building difficulties became more evident, and a solution had to be found, although it may have been a somewhat drastic solution.
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