Famous Stuff in the Louvre

The Mona Lisa room was really crowded, so we skipped it.

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Here is something you’ve never seen, the other side of the wall the Mona Lisa’s mounted on!

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Just kidding, we were there at 8PM on a Thursday night in late October.

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We walked right up and took a cheezy selfy.

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Then spent a few minutes wondering what the fuss is about. It’s tiny and you can see it better in a picture than from behind the railing and through the glass.

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Here is the marble version of the Venus de Milo gummy.

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She is crosseyed and her nipples point in different directions.

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Athena stands across from her trying to figure out why she gets all the attention. She has arms and everything!

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This Assyrian gate is probably the next most famous thing in the most famous museum in the world, and you’ve probably never heard of it.

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