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Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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Louvre Museum

Posted by James, Wednesday, 7th September 2005

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The Louvre Museum is housed in a former Royal Palace and is home to many priceless works of art including the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo and according to Dan Brown, the holy grail.

In the satellite photo you can see large queues of people waiting to enter the museum via the glass pyramid in the centre of the courtyard. You can also scroll a little west for Tuileries gardens.

P.S. Spoiler warning ;-)

Thanks: Luke, Thomas, Kevin, troy, Oggy, tony, Patrick, Heath, stz, Chris Granger, Daniel, Chris, George, Bennet Langlotz, Eric Baudelet & Sergio Giraldo

Countries: France

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5 Responses to 'Louvre Museum'

  1. 1. ozjmu says: September 7th, 2005 at 10:53 pm

    If I hadn’t finally gotten around to reading the book last month I would be really pissed right now :-)

  2. 2. Luke says: September 9th, 2005 at 1:55 am

    Haha, I swear I submitted this a few months ago :0

  3. 3. Heath says: September 9th, 2005 at 8:47 pm

    Yeah, i submitted this awhile back as well and also some other cool things that haven’t been posted…. YET - maybe someday

  4. 4. Hudson Hawk says: September 10th, 2005 at 2:20 am

    As opposed to the Louvre in Wisconsin?

  5. 5. Somebody says: September 18th, 2005 at 2:15 am

    Yeah I think you shouldnt say the Dan Brown thing… I’d be pissed too if I hadn’t read the book.

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