Tourism in Paris due to a change of reign after every century. On March 3, 1989, I.M. Pei inaugurated the Glass Pyramid. This also serves as an official entrance to the main exhibition hall, which in turn leads to the temporary exhibition halls. The Musée is divided into 3 separate wings: Sully, Richelieu and Denon, which showcase 35,000 pieces of art, dating back to the Middle Ages. Some of the most renown pieces of art showcased at The Louvre are the Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", Venus of Milo, Winged Victory of Samothrace, "Liberty Leading the People", and the "Dying Slave" by Michelangelo.
Paris architecture of the Belle Époque a new station, the Gare d'Orsay, closer to the center of the city and to the Exposition. It was the first station designed to accommodate electric trains, and it was intended to contain a hotel as well as a train station; the hotel was placed where the museum entrance is today. The original design for the station called for a Renaissance style facade similar to that of Haussmann's buildings on the boulevards. The City of Paris wanted something more monumental to match the grandeur Louvre across the Seine, but also wanted it to clearly express its function as a train