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Travel Bites 951: Paris's Louvre Museum

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With arguably the world’s greatest collection of paintings hanging in arguably Europe’s biggest royal palace, the Louvre—with masterpieces from Ancient Greek to Renaissance and Romantic—is a must to visit.

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