- Tourist Information
- The Louvre Pyramid – a masterpiece of architect Pei
- Six pyramids
- The Louvre Pyramid will bring the end of the world?
Tourist Information
| Type | Work of art |
| Year | 1989 |
| Louvre Visiting Hours | All visitors, including those entitled to free admission, must book a time slot. Bookings can be done through the online ticketing service. The pyramid can also be admired from the outside without having to purchase an entrance ticket to the Louvre. |
| Tickets | 17 E for Individual Visitor |
| Online ticket | https://www.ticketlouvre.fr/louvre/b2c/index.cfm/home |
| Getting there | Metro: Louvre – Rivoli Station |
| Location | Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France, Europe |
The Louvre Pyramid, a masterpiece of architect Pei
The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass and metal pyramid designed by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei and is located in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace in Paris.
Six pyramids
Three smaller pyramids surround the Louvre Pyramid and there is the inverted pyramid that is visible from underground. Also a small stone pyramid, the top of which almost touches that of the inverted pyramid is in the Carrousel du Louvre.
The pyramid used as an entrance in the Louvre’s courtyard has the proportions of the Great Pyramid of Giza. At its base, the pyramid measures 116 feet wide and 70 feet high. 95 tons of steel and 105 tons of aluminium support the structure.
The Louvre Pyramid will bring the end of the world?
The Pyramid was very unpopular when it was built. Most felt that Pei’s modern design would interact with the Louvre’s Classical architecture.
The Pyramid has 673 glass panes, but it is believed there are 666. This is the number of the devil and the beast in the Apocalypse. Some believe that this Pyramid will bring the end of the world.
One writer on esoteric architecture believes that “the pyramid is dedicated to a power described as the Beast in the Book of Revelation…The entire structure is based on the number 6.”
