Day 4 in Paris (Part 2): The Louvre Museum | Espinosa on Board

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After strolling more than a mile and passed by thru the bridge from Notre Dame Cathedral,  finally we arrived at the Louvre. (You can use Google Map for the better directions.) Visiting the Louvre Museum is a dream come true for so many people traveling to Paris, including me! It’s easy to find the Louvre because you will notice their famous glass pyramid and at first timers like us can’t believe that’s the entrance going to the Museum.

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Where to buy tickets:

We bought our tickets for only 15 euros thru online Louvre Museum tickets.Which has the same admission fee in the Museum but it’s a good thing to buy it online because you are no longer to wait for the long line in the entrance and to buy tickets. You just need to follow their steps to collect your booked tickets. You can also buy your tickets inside the museum after you take the escalators down from the pyramid entrance to the main lobby of the museum.

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But then again, we’re just so lucky to get enter so quickly because they prioritize the visitors who have children 2 years old below, senior citizens and with special needs. Honestly, it’s really confusing where to start because there’s a lot of entrance; the  Denon, Sully and Richelieu. There are 4 floors to almost each wing: lower ground, ground floor, first floor and second floor, but it helps to remember that the museum has three wings in a U shape around the Pyramid entrances. And if that wasn’t enough, you can go straight to the Information for better directions. If you plan to cover a lot of the museum, be sure to wear comfortable shoes!

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The Louvre Museum

Contrary to conventional beliefs, the Louvre Museum is more than the pyramidal shaped architecture (I.M Pei’s glass pyramid). The entire museum space spans across this stretch of building too, selected as a place to display the royal collection of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture of Louis XIV. During the French Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that the Louvre should be used as a museum to display the nation’s masterpieces. Later, the collection was increased under Napoleon and the museum renamed the Musée Napoléon, but after Napoleon’s abdication many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Information credit: Wikipedia

The Louvre Sculptures

There were large crowds in the Louvre since it’s the largest and most authoritative museum in the World. Some galleries attract guides with tour groups. There are teens who’s sitting on the floor looking on the sculpture they wanted to draw in their sketch books. There are also students who taking up notes maybe for their exam or assignments. And most of the tourists snapping their cameras or cell phones at bursts they probably will not be able to identify once they are at home (raising my hand! haha!) And here are some of the sculptures about more than 50 shots I took. I guess? Hahaha.

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Cute little angels that looks they’re trying to build something.

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Four large statues of satyrs looking down all standing in a circle, II century after J.C., Rome.

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Chad was amazed by all the sculptures here including this one. Antinous Mondragone, a Roman marble bust from circa 130 AD.

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It looks like he’s holding a shield held high on the left arm while on the right hand, that of a sword, he is Borghese Gladiator was also a warrior back in the first-century BC.

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 The Winged Victory of Samothrace

One of my favorite piece of sculpture, the Greek Goddess of Victory that stands at 3.28m (11 feet) and discovered by Charles Champoiseau in 1863.

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A Greek statue that looks creepy because he’s holding a man’s head.

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This was also creep me out. Cutting a woman’s breast?! No way! 📷

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The Venus de Milo

One of the most famous works of ancient Greek sculpture in the World, Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo.

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The Hall of Paintings

You can find the masterpiece artworks in the first floor of the Denon wing that occupies the collection of Italian and Spanish paintings. While on the second floor of the Cour Carrée and the Richelieu wing, the entire floor occupies all the French and Northern schools, arranged in chronological order.

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This looks real and imaginary one by Giovanni Paolo Panini, Modern Rome, 1754-1759. It says that this painted sculptures do exist in Rome, but the paintings are not.

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Lovers in the Garden.

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Don’t just look sideways because you will also be amazed when you look up to see the masterpiece that you surely adore.

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Jesus Christ Paintings

The Crucifixion of Jesus painted by Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506.

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 Jesus Christ & crown of thorns.

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The Largest Painting in the Louvre Paris, as you can see Jesus and his disciples were invited to a wedding in Cana Galilee. Towards the end of the feast, when the wine was running out, Jesus commanded servants to fill jugs with water, which he turned into wine (his first miracle of seven, as in the Gospel according to John).

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Mona Lisa

Here we are, the famous painting in the Louvre, Mona Lisa. The only painting in the Museum you actually seeing the crowds and a commotion of cameras. Yes, this is the original painting by Leonardo da Vinci so that’s why everybody was dying just to see her, including US!

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They even got a selfie with Mona Lisa!

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We’re about to go to our 3rd destination, the Jardin Les Tuileries but sadly the rain comes by so we just walked around the Shopping Mall or also known as the Le Carrousel du Louvre. There’s a connection inside the Main lobby of the Museum going to the mall so you don’t need to go outside.

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This is the last itinerary for our Day 4 in France and hopefully you guys enjoy my blog post. Been here already? Share your stories on my blog and don’t forget to subscribe to keep you update all my latest blog posts. If you have any questions, just leave a comment and I’m delighted to reply you back as soon as I can. Au Revoir! <3

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