Lescot Wing

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The Lescot Wing is a Renaissance-era section of the Louvre in Paris, renowned as one of the earliest and most influential examples of French classical architecture.

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Lescot Wing canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance architecture ⓘ
architectural wing ⓘ
museum building section ⓘ
adjacentTo Seine River (via Louvre complex) ⓘ
linked to: Seine river banks
architect Pierre Lescot ⓘ
architecturalStyle French Renaissance ⓘ
French classical architecture ⓘ
builtFor King Francis I of France ⓘ
linked to: Francis I of France
builtUnderMonarch Francis I of France ⓘ
category 16th-century architecture in France ⓘ
Renaissance architecture in Paris ⓘ
Wings of the Louvre ⓘ
cityQuarter 1st arrondissement of Paris ⓘ
constructionStart 1546 ⓘ
continuedUnderMonarch Henry II of France ⓘ
country France ⓘ
era Renaissance ⓘ
façadeType courtyard façade ⓘ
garden façade ⓘ
function museum galleries (current) ⓘ
royal residence (historical) ⓘ
hasArchitecturalElement arched windows ⓘ
highly decorated attic ⓘ
orders superposition ⓘ
pilasters ⓘ
relief sculpture panels ⓘ
steep slate roof ⓘ
hasFloorCount 3 (main levels plus attic) ⓘ
hasNotableArtist Jean Goujon ⓘ
heritageDesignation Monument historique ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry France ⓘ
influenced French Baroque palace façades ⓘ
influencedBy Italian Renaissance architecture ⓘ
knownFor early example of French classical architecture ⓘ
influence on later French palace architecture ⓘ
rich sculptural decoration ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
location Louvre Museum ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
museumFunction houses Louvre museum galleries ⓘ
namedAfter Pierre Lescot ⓘ
overlooks Cour Carrée ⓘ
partOf Louvre Palace ⓘ
partOfComplex Cour Carrée of the Louvre ⓘ
patron Francis I of France ⓘ
sculpturalDecorationBy Jean Goujon ⓘ

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Louvre Palace → notableFeature → Lescot Wing ⓘ