Large group of people gathered outside Louvre Museum Paris, France

Exterior view of the buildings in main courtyard (Cour Napoleon) with I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid of Louvre Museum, formerly the Louvre Palace, Paris France. The central area of the new Louvre built by Napoleon III is organized around a central courtyard or square named Cour Napoleon (Napoleon Court. Begun on the plans of the architect Visconti in 1852 and completed by his successor Lefuel in 1857, with a central pavilion flanked by two groups of symmetrical buildings