Show f Famous French Palace The Louvre Js is a palace In p Paris Parte rIs o originally the residence of French r ch kings but since the French revolution used as a museum of ot art artini nn ini antiques The Louvre derives Its name from an an ancient hunting chateau that stood on the site sHe of the present pala palace In the midst of a n forest Infested In with wolves and known as the I It is said to JO have hae been a it royal residence In the tIme the time of Dagobert Dagobert Dago- Dago bert t The foundation o of the present building was laid by Francis FrancisI I In 1541 and the structure was enlarged enlarged enlarged en en- and adorned by successive kings particularly Henry IV and Louis XIV the later being the last king to live In It ft The work of uniting the tho Louvre and the In one structure ture was wras completed In in- 1857 and the combI combined d Louvre and ulle les covers an area of 48 acres Kansas City Times |