Wooden parts are still visible at the bottom of the fortification.
Former fortification: wall surrounding Paris, now inside Le Louvre (14-17th centuries). Before it became a palace, Le Louvre was a defensive castle in the…
Foundation of the palace, several meters below gound level (14th century).
Wall of Le Vau, a bossed wall that was part of the counterscarp (the wall located on the outside) of the moat of Le Louvre during the reign of king Louis XIV…
Le Louvre started as a small castle under King Philippe-Auguste built between 1190 and 1202 The keep of the castle was a small round tower.
The basis of the keep and the moat and the defensive wall surrounding the keep.
Saint-Louis (King Louis IX) room, the only remaining medieval room in Le Louvre, is located inside the fortifications surrounding the medieval keep. It was…
Saint-Louis room.
Saint-Louis room.
Saint-Louis room.
