Louvre
About Louvre
The Louvre is a national art museum in Paris, France. It is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement (district) and home to some of the most canonical works of Western art, including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, and Winged Victory. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th century under Philip II. Remnants of the Medieval Louvre fortress are visible in the basement of the museum. Due to urban expansion, the fortress eventually lost its defensive function, and in 1546 Francis I converted it into the primary residence of the French kings.
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Was it... Go on. I'm just kind of... Because I know this sneaky man. What he does? Is that sneaky? Is it... Was it an underground train system that was one of the first of its kind, underground in Paris, that led to the Louvre? So it was the tunnel of Lur. De Lurv? He's sneaky. He's not the Riddler. Okay. I'm gonna have a pun. Fastest trains at the time.
from No Such Thing as Proust's Sausage Roll, 2023-01-05 at 00:51:46 · read transcript
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When it was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, the number of visitors to the gallery actually rose and people just went to look at the blank space and the wall where it had been. It was the first time anyone had ever had to queue to get into the Louvre. That year, 1911, was a record year for the gallery. All because people just wanted to see where it used to be.
No Such Thing As BIG SHERLOCK HOLMES, 2019-05-24 · listen
There's more to it, isn't there? There is more to it, yes. That was 1911, but actually in 1907 there were these two Iberian statues stolen from the Louvre. I think there's just been a book written which puts all the pieces together, but Picasso had first spotted them in about 1904, fallen in love with them, told all his mates, loved these statues. They were put in storage.
584: No Such Thing As Drinking A Sock Full Of Custard, 2025-05-22 · listen
Louvre officials had then hired a glazias firm to put dozens of the paintings under glass. One of the people working for the glazier firm, Vincent, Vincenzo Perugia, an Italian man, he was annoyed because the French always insulted him. They called him things like macaroni eater. I know, other slamming insults. He stole it. He walked out under his coat. He thought that the painting had been stolen from Italy, didn't he?
No Such Thing As BIG SHERLOCK HOLMES, 2019-05-24 · listen
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