Louvre

Musee de Louvre (PROSE: Meet Rose ^[+]Loading...["Meet Rose (short story)"]) commonly called just the Louvre, (TV: City of Death ^[+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"], PROSE: City of Death ^[+]Loading...["City of Death (novelisation)"], AUDIO: The Church and the Crown ^[+]Loading...["The Church and the Crown (audio story)"]) was known as one of the greatest art galleries in the universe. It was located in Paris, and it became a museum in 1793, but prior to that, it had been an official residence of the French monarchy. Its cornerstone was laid in the 12th century by King Philippe Auguste while one of the first five incarnations of the Doctor watched. (AUDIO: The Church and the Crown ^[+]Loading...["The Church and the Crown (audio story)"])

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An assassination attempt was made on Admiral Gaspard de Coligny on 23 August 1572 as he returned from a meeting with King Charles IX of France which had taken place at the Louvre. De Coligny survived but was killed the next day during the St Bartholomew's Day massacre. (TV: The Massacre ^[+]Loading...["The Massacre (TV story)"])

After Napoléon Bonaparte was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815, British Army soldiers ransacked the Louvre and stole its paintings. (PROSE: Set Piece ^[+]Loading...["Set Piece (novel)"])

The Louvre held the greatest work of art in the universe — the Mona Lisa. The Fourth Doctor visited it in 1979 with Romana II. (TV: City of Death ^[+]Loading...["City of Death (TV story)"]) Lionel Harding visited it at least once, where he put up a fight to see the Mona Lisa longer than the twenty seconds allowed for each viewing as he loved the painting. (TV: Mona Lisa's Revenge ^[+]Loading...["Mona Lisa's Revenge (TV story)"])

The Twelfth Doctor claimed he sneaked François Boucher into the Louvre while Boucher was drunk. (COMIC: Moving In ^[+]Loading...["Moving In (comic story)"])

River Song and Helen Sinclair used the Louvre Pyramid to find a map hidden in Leonardo da Vinci's paintings, including Reclining Maiden with Foal and Church at Brindisi. (AUDIO: The Doomsday Chronometer ^[+]Loading...["The Doomsday Chronometer (audio story)"])

A few years prior to 2005, the Ninth Doctor visited the Louvre, where he gazed at the Mona Lisa. He had muttered to himself that he preferred the original. Clive Evans saw the Doctor and later wrote about it on the conspiracy website Doctor Who?. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man? ^[+]Loading...["Have You Seen This Man? (short story)"])

When Rose was thirteen, in 2000 or 2001, Rose went on a school trip to (PROSE: Meet Rose ^[+]Loading...["Meet Rose (short story)"]) Paris, (COMIC: Art Attack ^[+]Loading...["Art Attack (comic story)"]) in France, with Shareen Costello. They were meant to go to the Musee de Louvre (PROSE: Meet Rose ^[+]Loading...["Meet Rose (short story)"]) to see the Mona Lisa, (COMIC: Art Attack ^[+]Loading...["Art Attack (comic story)"]) but they "escaped" their teachers and caught a train to Parc Asterix. They were caught by the police while waiting the queue for the Menhir Express. They were sent home, accompanied by Mrs Kissock, ruining her trip as well. (PROSE: Meet Rose ^[+]Loading...["Meet Rose (short story)"]) Because they flunked off, they never got to see the Mona Lisa. (COMIC: Art Attack ^[+]Loading...["Art Attack (comic story)"])