Escalier du Ministre - Louvre

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/9348844970/" title="2012 Mar 30 Paris_217DSC_5165 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 30 Paris_217DSC_5165" height="800" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3691/9348844970_02790fa356_c.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Escalier du Ministre </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Louvre is filled with architectural designs and details, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and this staircase, Escalier du Ministre, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">led up to the private apartments of the Minister of State.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you visit this area of the museum, you can walk up these steps </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just as the royal visitors once did, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and amble through the apartments of Napoleon III.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is interesting to discover the many elegant designs </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of the Louvre staircases.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Musée du Louvre</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Escalier du Ministre - Louvre

Escalier du Ministre  in the Richelieu wing of the Louvre The Louvre is filled with architectural designs and details,  and this staircase, ...

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