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a fortress that became a palace that became the world's most-photographed hallway.
means the massive Paris museum, once a royal palace, now home to roughly 35,000 artworks including one very crowded painting of a woman.
from built around 1190 as a defensive fortress by philip ii, guarding paris against english invasion via the seine; it slowly morphed into a royal residence, then a museum in 1793 after the revolution decided kings didn't need palaces anymore.
pyramid controversyi.m. pei's glass pyramid, added 1989, sparked national outrage
mona lisa crowdmost visitors spend under 15 seconds viewing her
size problemseeing everything would take roughly 100 straight days
original moatmedieval fortress remains still sit in the basement