TO FIND THE MOST FAMOUS WORKS OF THE HUGE MUSEUM...

RETURN TO THE ENTRY AND FOLLOW THE MONA LISA SIGNS

The spectacular staircase seems to omit them...  

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But they reappear.

Take another path: At the third landing turn away from the sign...

Climb the almost empty staircase...

And cross the gallery to which it leads. Masterpieces will flash past you...

The most iconic works made in France are just beyond this celebration of Napoleon.

But first, 

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and how to finish all of them.

   

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