Brits and other non-EU tourists visiting the Louvre in France will soon have to cough up a higher entry fee. The extra cash will be used to fund a dedicated room for the iconic Mona Lisa painting and a new entrance.
French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled plans to renovate the Louvre as part of a so-called 'New Renaissance' project, days after the museum's director warned that the building was dilapidated.
With upgrades including a separate room for the Mona Lisa, the renovation of Paris' Louvre Museum is expected to cost between $730 million and $825 million over the next decade.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the “Mona Lisa” will get its own dedicated room inside the Louvre museum, which he said will be renovated and expanded in a
Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron was set on Tuesday to visit the Louvre and make an announcement about its future, after the director of the
A multi-year overhaul will see a new entrance built as well as a separate underground gallery for Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece in what Mr Macron called a "new renaissance".
After 10 years without discussions between the two, the president and the Socialist mayor of Paris have had a better relationship since the 2024 Olympic Games.
An Ifop poll for Le Journal du Dimanche published last weekend suggested a mere 21 per cent of French voters were happy with his presidency, his lowest approval rating since he first took office seven years ago and the second-lowest in modern French history after Francois Hollande, his Socialist predecessor.
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce possibly hundreds of millions of euros in renovation work for the Louvre.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday a new restoration and expansion project for the Louvre Museum.
France will launch a six-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris, enlarging the world's most-visited museum to make room for the huge crowds who now cram inside the palace on the banks of the Seine, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday.