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It is one of the most famous – and mystifying – drawings in human history. Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man was the attempt ...
Forget secret bloodlines and Holy Grail conspiracies—turns out, the real Da Vinci Code might have been a triangle between Leonardo’s ...
The Louvre Museum has failed to open on time Monday, leaving thousands of visitors stuck in long, unmoving lines ...
A strike on June 16 that left visitors waiting outside the Mona Lisa’s home shows change is needed more urgently than Macron has promised.
PARIS (AP) — The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, has withstood war, terror, and pandemic — but on Monday, it was brought to a halt by its own ...
While it appears to be a one-off event, it’s another indicator of the challenges sparked by overtourism across Europe.
After weeks of tension and a sudden staff strike that left thousands of tourists waiting outside its gates, Paris’s Louvre ...
The museum's director, Laurence des Cars, and the chief architect of France's historic monuments, François Chatillon, speak ...
Staff are exasperated by overcrowding in a crumbling museum. Luckily for visitors, other Leonardo masterpieces are available ...
A simulation of the "aerial screw" designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480 suggests it would use less power than modern drone ...
The Louvre, the world's most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, remained shuttered Monday — not by war but by its own exhausted staff, who say the institution in Paris is ...