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form a gigantic palace. This was the "Grand Dessein" or Grand Design, of which he had the first stage com-
pleted, the Grande Galerie.
Under Louis XIII and Louis XIV, the architects Le Mercier and subsequently Le Vau built the "Cour Car-
rée", four times the size of the former Renaissance courtyard. To the East, facing the city, a committee of archi-
tects, led by Perrault, planned the "colonnade". Poussin, Romanelli and Le Brun decorated the apartments and
the "galleries". However, this golden age enjoyed by the Louver came to an abrupt end in 1678, when Louis
XIV chose Versailles as his centre of power. The double palace remained incomplete for a long time. During
the entire XVIIIth century, new projects contributed to the "Grand Dessein" of the Bourbons, which architects
Gabriel and Soufflot are attempting to bring to perfection.
The "Grand Louver" constituted the realization of an earlier project, which involved devoting the entire
Palace to the function of a museum, whilst modernizing and improving the presentation of the collections.
Covering an area of some 40 hectares right in the heart of Paris, on the right bank of the Seine, the Louver
offers almost 60,000 m² of exhibition rooms dedicated to preserving items, representing 11 millennia of civili-
zation and culture. The "Grand Louver" is also a cultural unit, which has a didactic role towards the public, a
role, which it fulfils through lectures, audiovisual and interactive productions, and very many printed publica-
tions, which are available in the exhibition rooms or at the bookshop under the pyramid.
Active Vocabulary
1) fortress – крепость
2) bank – берег реки
3) barrier – преграда, барьер
4) obelisk – обелиск
5) renown – известность
6) succession – последовательность, очередность
7) medieval – средневековый
8) restoration – реставрация
9) excavation – земляной, археологический
10) basement – подвал
11) moat – ров
12) dungeon – темница
13) helmet – шлем
14) to scatter about – разбрасывать по сторонам
15) luxury – роскошный
16) façade – фасад
17) stage – стадия, ступень, часть
18) subsequently – последовательно, друг за другом
19) colonnade – колоннада
20) to cover – покрывать
21) to dedicate to – посвящать кому-то, чему-то
Exercises on the Text
Fill in the gaps with the words given below
1. Since the middle ages, its development has been quite exceptional, marked by both the major
events of French history and the … of architects and decorators who have left their mark on it.
2. The … work on the Cour Carrée and the … work necessary for construction of the pyramid and the Car-
rousel area enabled archeological digs to be undertaken.
3. Amongst the items discovered during these digs, one of the most remarkable is a parade … belonging to
Charles VI, which was reconstituted from the one hundred and sixty nine fragments, which were found … … .
4. In 1528, François Ist had the "grosse tour" destroyed, and decided in 1546 to transform the former for-
tress into a … residence.
5. In the west, in a place known as the Tuileries, Catherine de Médicis had a huge … built, which she left
incomplete.
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