Louvre Part 4: Inside

The inside of this palace is gilted and carved and painted to death, but it's so beautiful. As it was constructed over many years, there's many different styles to see. Don't sigh too much about pictures of the ceiling; the art on the ceilings rival the art on the walls.

Gilt, gilt, gilt.

Another ceiling in the Sully wing, near the Italian paintings.

This is the top of a doorway in the Sully wing.

A stairwell ceiling.

A picture of the arches in the rooms displaying artifacts from the Middle East over 3000 years old.