Amazon Quiz: Which museum is this sculpture displayed at?

Amazon Quiz (Aug 4, 2021): Which museum is this sculpture displayed at?

A: Tokyo National

B: Prado

C: Metropolitan Museum of Art

D: Louvre

Answer: Louvre

The Louvre or
the Louvre Museum is the world’s largest art museum and a historic monument in
Paris, France, and is best known for being the home of the Mona Lisa. A central
landmark of the city, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the
city’s 1st arrondissement (district or ward). Approximately 38,000 objects from
prehistory to the 21st century are exhibited over an area of 72,735 square
meters (782,910 square feet). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the museum was
closed for 150 days in 2020, and attendance plunged by 72 percent to 2.7
million. Nonetheless, the Louvre still topped the list of most-visited art museums
in the world in 2020.

The museum
is housed in the Louvre Palace, originally built in the late 12th to 13th
century under Philip II. Remnants of the Medieval Louvre fortress are visible
in the basement of the museum. Due to urban expansion, the fortress eventually
lost its defensive function, and in 1546 Francis I converted it into the primary
residence of the French Kings. The building was extended many times to form the
present Louvre Palace. In 1682, Louis XIV chose the Palace of Versailles for
his household, leaving the Louvre primarily as a place to display the royal
collection, including, from 1692, a collection of ancient Greek and Roman
sculptures.

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