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The Cour Puget formed part of the wing of Napoleon IIIs palace. It was initially given over to the Ministry of State, which was in charge of large-scale building projects, and later, from 1871 to 1989, to the Ministry of Finance. Since 1993, under a glass roof similar to that of the Cour Marly, it has housed outdoor statuary from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Completed in 1857, these were occupied by the Ministry of Finance from 1871 to 1989. The Cour Marly was covered with a glass roof designed by Ieoh Ming Pei (the architect of the Pyramid) and opened in 1993. It now contains statues from the park at Marly, Louis XIV's favorite residence. The terraced floor provides a splendid setting for the works, bathed in constant natural light.
The Salle Daru was created and decorated in 1863 for the imperial museum, as conveyed by its red and gold decor (the French imperial colors). In this section of the Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) you can see Davids masterpiece The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Joséphine along other large-scale French Neoclassical paintings.
The Galerie Michel-Ange (Michelangelo Gallery), with its magnificent marble floor houses the Italian sculptures, notably Michelangelo's famous Slaves.
In the Michelangelo Gallery at the Louvre (Musée du Louvre), the visitors crowd around this idyllic image of a loving couple: a winged man and a swooning woman in a voluptuous embrace, their lips about to join in a kiss. take a closer look at this masterful composition of Psyche and Cupid.
In this room you will find the most famous portrait painting of the world, Mona Lisa (by Leonardo da Vinci). Anybody that visits the Louvre Museum for the first time, wants to see this lady if this is the only work that has to be seen. But this is not the only masterpiece in the room. Opposite to Mona Lisa you can see The Wedding Feast at Cana (by Veronese), a huge (6.77 x 9.94 m) painting, which depicts Jesus 1st miracle, where he turns water to wine. This room is full of wonderful Italian paintings, but these 2 paintings steal the most of the attention.
Between 1655 and 1658, Anne of Austria, the queen mother and regent during Louis XIV's childhood, created a suite of private apartments on the ground floor of the Petite Galerie. The six interconnecting rooms (a common arrangement at the time) comprised a large salon, anteroom, and vestibule, a grand cabinet (study or private sitting room), a bedchamber, and a petit cabinet overlooking the Seine. The decoration was carried out by the Italian Romanelli (frescoes and ceilings) and Anguier (stucco).
Winter 2010-2011 got really cold and extremely long in Sweden. The lakes got extra thick layer of ice on them, and you could safely walk quite far on the ice. Here is a view on a lake. You can compare this view with the previous panorama "Lake Malaren - Canoe" in this gallery, which is taken on the same spot during the summer. Quite interesting comparison.
Lilla Bommen is a marina in the Goteborg's city centre. The ship Barken Viking seen here is just at the pier and the Skyscraper Skanska with the its typical red/white colour nicknamed the lipstick.
In 2010 a 60m high ferris wheel named Goteborgshjulet (The Goteborg Wheel) was installed at the place, also seen in the panorama. The Ferris wheel was moved from here to the amusement park Liseberg in spring 2012.
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