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Mini Louvre Gets Flooded as a Thought-Provoking Comment on Climate Change
4 June 2016: Paris, France.
Belated photos from the Paris floods a little while ago. 💦
Le Pont au change, Paris (juin 2016)
En alerte, Paris (juin 2016)
Louvre treasures moved: Paris on alert as swollen Seine reaches peak levels
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Louvre treasures moved: Paris on alert as swollen Seine reaches peak levels
The rising waters of the Seine overflowed riverbanks, roads and rail tracks across Paris, forcing authorities at the Louvre Museum to do something they have not done in generations: hurriedly move precious artworks to higher ground. Water levels at the famous river that winds through the French capital are expected to peak Friday sometime about noon.
The [rise in] water was so quick that practically no residents had the time to run away.
Police spokesman Armin Angloher
The Louvre announced that it would be closed Friday to remove artworks from rooms threatened by the rising waters, preventatively shifting them upstairs. Its most famous painting, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," is staying put on an upper floor. The Orsay museum, in the Left Bank, will also be closed Friday to prepare for potential flooding.
rue de Seine (ironically). Paris, 1910.
La rue de la Convention lors des inondations de 1910. Paris.
La Grande Crue de la Seine, Paris. 18 Janvier 1910. Pont Alexandre III.