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Position:Home>History> What was the Louvre Museum before it was a museum?Question: What was the Louvre Museum before it was a museum!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It was a palace for Louis the XIV I believe!.Www@QuestionHome@Com A place where stuffy French nobles would congregate for lattes and croissants before a night of unbridled swinger-style passion!. Then the French revolution happened, all the art in the country needed some place to be stored, out of the way so that it wouldn't offend French sensitivities to the color blue, and so what swingers still had their heads on their body were forced to have their party elsewhere!.Www@QuestionHome@Com The Lovre has a long and colorful history all the way from Medieval times http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Louvre is the easiest way of listing it all!.Www@QuestionHome@Com A fortress!. I was there about 10 years ago when they were excavating the basement walls discovering early artifacts from when it was a medieval castle!. It was also the palace of Louis the XVIII!. Www@QuestionHome@Com It has quite a history actually!. Read about it in brief on the page linked below!. Www@QuestionHome@Com A palace, a railway station!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |