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5 museums to visit in Paris after visiting the Louvre

The museums of Paris offer a wide selection of art and objects to appreciate. You will find around 130 museums within the city limits. The Louvre is the best known. It is a world-class museum showcasing masterpieces like the mona-lisa and the Venus de Milo – and it’s huge. I recommend going to taste this […]

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The Frauenkirche in Dresden mourns Notre-Dame de Paris

Notre Dame is burning in 2019, via Wikipedia. By Eugene Platt “It seems to me that the time has come when the question of the bombardment of German cities merely to increase terror, albeit under other pretexts, should be reconsidered.” —British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a note dated March 28, 1945 following the arson […]

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What to see in the Louvre after seeing the Mona Lisa

There’s something about his dark chocolate eyes, smirk and absent eyebrows that adds an element of mystery and fuels conspiracy theories. Maybe that’s why the mona-lisa, completed by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci in the early 1500s, is the most visited (and most parodied) painting in the world. You cannot visit the Louvre and not […]