International competition will be held to design the second entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris to relieve the pressure of the number of visitors under the famous glass pyramid.
The announcement was the high point of the address of President Emmanuel Macron, produced by senior figures in front of Mona Lisa.
The other major changes that will be introduced by 2031 are to move Mona Lisa to a new exhibition space, and visitors can visit separately.
The tariff change will also be introduced from January next year, so residents who are not EU pay more to enter the museum.
Macron was responding to the response to the warning of Laurens Des Cars.
DES CARS said in a letter to the government earlier this month that the pyramid, which has a unique approach to the gallery since 1989, said, “We can’t cope structurally.” Years.
She also said, “From the point of view of everyone, Mona Lisa’s presentation needs to be seen.”
About 3/4 of the 30,000 daily visitors in the museum go to the picture of Leonardo da Vinci. However, experience has become an endurance test, and the constant crowd is constantly being wonderful through Salle des etats, observing and photographing pictures for an average of 50 seconds. picture.
“The public has no way to understand the artist’s work, and I question the whole mission of public services,” Des Cars said in the letter.
According to the project of Macron, the eastern exterior of the museum consisting of a classic collosyade for artificial moat and slightly used Esplanade will be reinstated.
The new entrance will be able to immediately access the new underground exhibition space under the Cour Carré, which leads to the area under the pyramid.
Macron said 40 years ago, the Grand Louvre project president of François Mitterrand said that the new front, the biggest change in the museum, will create a “green” area filled with wood in urban planning and Esplanade.
He would help the museum in the city and “back to the Parisians,” he said.
He added that the museum can be presented properly by removing Mona Lisa from the current location, and it is easier to see other masterpieces that are “too often overlooked” on the Salle Des ETATS.
In order to modernize infrastructure and provide new toilets, restaurants and rest facilities, major renovation will be performed for the next few years.
The total cost is hundreds of millions of euros.
Macron said the project will not cost the taxpayer because it will raise funds with Louvre Abu Davi through ticket sales, donations and sponsorship contracts.
His authority has been greatly reduced since he lost his control over the French parliament six months ago. The president is looking for a new cause to guarantee his legacy.
Leadership, which has been praised in the death renovation of Notre-Dame Cathedral, seems to have stimulated his appetite for Louvre, a similar cultural project.
