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The Louvre is Moving

Name: The Louvre is Moving
Uploaded: 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: 52 min
Description: The Louvre is an iceberg: 35,000 works on the surface, 250,000 in reserve, a large part of which is below the level of the Seine. Threatened by floods, the reserves must leave the area to reach Liévin, 200 km away: 250,000 sculptures, paintings, ceramics, accumulated over 700 years.

The Louvre is an iceberg: 35,000 works on the surface, 250,000 in reserve, a large part of which is below the level of the Seine. Threatened by floods, the reserves must leave the area to reach Liévin, 200 km away: 250,000 sculptures, paintings, ceramics, accumulated over 700 years.