Louvre building

Many people do not realize that Louvre was originally a palace and that is why it has the same opulence that you see in the Versailles. Maybe we get too absorbed in associating it with Mona Lisa or Venus de Milo or The Da Vinci Code movie or the glass pyramid that we forget its beautiful buildings. So when you are in the grand courtyard look around you and take some time to admire the architecture.