⁣⁢Once a royal palace, the Louvre has mirrored France's history for eight centuries.
Conceived as a universal museum from its creation in 1793, its collections,
among the world's finest, span several millennia and a
territory stretching from America to the borders of Asia. It is also the world's
most visited museum, with no less than 8.9 million visitors in 2023. Among
its most famous works, the Louvre notably includes the Mona Lisa, the Venus
de Milo, the Seated Scribe, the Winged Victory of Samothrace, and the Code of
Hammurabi.⁤⁣