Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.

The Louvre Pyramid will continue to be a visitor access ... "The Pyramid is a wonderful, wonderful piece of architecture," she says. "But it is a bit isolated in Paris, not in direct contact ...

The Pyramid's air-conditioning system also needs ... Read more Subscribers only Louvre president: 'If the public wants to take selfies with a work of art, we have to accept it' Other announcements ...

The Rikishis, Tochitaikai Yu (L) and Tochikodai Hideki (R) pose for a photo in front of the Louvre Pyramids in Paris. Photo: Thibaud MORITZ/AFP. In their kimonos and sandals, their hair oiled and ...

Tochitaikai, like any good tourist, posed so that he appeared to be grabbing the Louvre pyramid with his fingertips. Meanwhile, other tourists were keen to take selfies with him as their monument.

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Tochitaikai, like any good tourist, posed so that he appeared to be grabbing the Louvre pyramid with his fingertips. Meanwhile, other tourists were keen to take selfies with him as their monument. "In ...