The Louvre

The Louvre - Mona Lisa

Of course the Louvre's most famous inhabitant is Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, La Gioconda, better known as Mona Lisa: even the most anti-museum kids will be eager to see this painting.

One might wonder, though, why people are thronging around this particular masterpiece...

^{*photo © Teresa Plowright}

• The Louvre Museum - intro
• The Louvre - fountain
• The Louvre - Sculpture Galleries
• The Louvre -Venus de Milo
• The Louvre - Mona Lisa
• The Louvre - Mona's sister?
• nearby must-see: Musee D'Orsay