ID: 700008969 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008969	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Old Louvre (royal residence; unknown architects; patron: King Francis I and various other...; from 1546; Paris (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top of the T...;)

Note: Section of the Louvre palace on the site of the Medieval Louvre fortress of King Philippe Auguste. When the medieval fortress was razed in 1546, King Francis I had built a larger royal residence to which additions were added by almost every subsequent French monarch, including notably by King Louis XIV, who resided at the Louvre until his departure for Versailles in 1678.

Titles:

Old Louvre (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

royal residence [300343603] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, residential structures, dwellings, houses, <houses by occupants>, official residences)

museum (building) [300005768]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: from 1546

Creator Display:

unknown architects; patron: King Francis I and various other monarchs [preferred]

architects unknown French (French cultural designation) [500125235]

patron Francis I, King of France (French king, 1494-1547) [500122500]

Locations:

Current: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: masonry construction

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (built works technique), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: quadrilateral approximately 160 m (520 ft) on a side consisting of 8 ailes (wings) which are articulated by 8 pavillons (pavilions)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	French Renaissance [300404740] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods>, Renaissance-Baroque styles, Renaissance-Baroque regional styles, French Renaissance-Baroque styles)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Related Works:

	part of same whole .... New Louvre [700008970]
	..........royal residence; patrons: Napoleon I and Napoleon III; architects: Visconti, ...; 19th century; Paris (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top of the T...;

	replaced .... Medieval Louvre [700008968]
	..........former structure; unknown architects; patron: King Philip II; notable addition...; original fortress: 1190-1202; ...; Paris (Île-de-France, France, Europe, World, Top of the T...;

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

............... Louvre Palace

Sources and Contributors:
Old Louvre	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Musée du Louvre [online] (2000-)