Macron visits the Louvre as reports of disrepair spur concern over the ‘Mona Lisa’
It provided the backdrop for Emmanuel Macron's speech following his election as president in 2017. After a leaked email sparked concerns about the catastrophic health of the most visited museum in the world, he returned to the Louvre on Tuesday to try to repair some of the damage.
Macron declared that the Mona Lisa will be placed in a unique area that is open separately from the museum's other exhibits, which he claimed would undergo a significant expansion and renovation.
Speaking in the room containing Leonardo da Vinci's masterwork, Macron announced plans to build underground rooms and a new museum entry close to the Seine River.
He did not reveal the price, but it is thought to be in the hundreds of millions of euros.
According to him, increasing the cost of admission for non-EU touris...