Discover the Richelieu wing
8 stops in the official order, followed by the way to the exit. Locations and directions follow the Louvre tour; closures may affect access.
Open the official tour ↗Cour Puget
Under the glass roof, discover sculptures once displayed in public squares and royal gardens.
Getting to this stop
Enter the Richelieu wing, continue to the vaulted room, then turn right between the pillars into room 105.
Stop on the Louvre website ↗Milo of Croton
Pierre Puget depicts the athlete Milo in mortal danger.
Getting to this stop
Take the stairs on the left to the middle terrace. Look for the man attacked by a lion in the centre.
Stop on the Louvre website ↗Lion and Serpent
Antoine-Louis Barye captures the tension just before the attack.
Getting to this stop
Climb the stairs on the left to the upper terrace, turn right and follow the railing to the large bronze lion.
Stop on the Louvre website ↗Ebih-Il of Mari
The seated figure with blue eyes comes from ancient Mari.
Getting to this stop
Take the steps to the left of the lion into room 236, then turn left into room 234.
Stop on the Louvre website ↗The Code of Hammurabi
The inscribed stele preserves legal judgments from Hammurabi’s Babylonian kingdom.
Getting to this stop
Go up the steps, turn left and cross room 228. Descend the next steps into room 227.
Stop on the Louvre website ↗Cour Khorsabad
Winged bulls and reliefs evoke the palace of Sargon II.
Getting to this stop
Facing the stele, take the doorway ahead on the left into the Cour Khorsabad, room 229.
Stop on the Louvre website ↗The minister’s apartments
The rooms known as the Napoleon III Apartments were used by the minister, not as the emperor’s residence.
Getting to this stop
Return via room 228, exit left and turn right down to 234. Cross 236 to the escalator. On level 1, continue through 500, 535, 536 and 539 to the minister’s staircase.
Stop on the Louvre website ↗The Grand Salon
Here the minister received guests amid the sumptuous decoration of the Second Empire.
Getting to this stop
Follow the visitor route through rooms 540 to 543 and stop in the Grand Salon, room 544.
Stop on the Louvre website ↗To the exit
Return through the apartments from room 544 to 535. Cross room 500 to the escalators, descend to level −1 and turn left towards the hall beneath the Pyramid.
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