Brits could soon pay more to enter the Louvre to see Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa painting, as French president Emmanuel Macron announces major overhaul of the world's most visited museum

As French President Emmanuel Macron announces that the Mona Lisa will move into a new, dedicated room inside the Louvre, we take a look at what makes the painting so iconic

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The works will be carried out in parallel with the museum's ongoing activities to avoid closure and are expected to be completed by 2031 at the latest. Macron stressed that the project is "realistic and financed," viewing it as "a new stage for the life of the nation," as reported by Le Point.

PARIS — France will launch a six-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris, enlarging the world’s most-visited museum to make room for the huge crowds who now cram inside the palace on the banks of the Seine,

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Now that the Mona Lisa is going to be moved to another room at the Louvre in Paris, masterworks hanging in the same space by the likes of Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese may finally get their due.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday a new restoration and expansion project for the Louvre Museum.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the Mona Lisa will get its own dedicated room as part of a major overhaul to the Louvre in Paris.

The Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece that visitors crowd in to see will get a dedicated room as the Paris museum is renovated and expanded in a major overhaul that will take years, the French president announced Tuesday.