European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aily Magazine photo by Dave Didio visitors to the louvre must skirt an acre of construction fences this summer As the museum gets a face Kominicki staff writer he usually staid lawns and cobbled courts of the louvre represent a real Challenge for visitors to Paris this there is the Din of earthmoving equipment to an acre of boarded construction Walls to skirt and a lengthy wait in lines caused by the closing of two of the museums for the first time since the reign of Napoleon the louvre is Abuzz with there is Little question that the inconvenience will have been when work is Complete in Early the museum will sparkle with a striking Glass new exhibits and the ranking regained from Leningrad her Mirage of largest museum in the along the France will have gained fresh Arche logical insights into the Early history of its capital several Hundred people Are at work this summer in digs in two courtyards sided by the Louvres rambling these initial designed to Clear the area of their historical artefacts before construction be have already yielded millions of pieces of pottery and other items dating from the Castle first built on the spot in the 12th work at the Cour the Louvres inner has revealed the base of a circular Tower that once Rose 100feet from the Center of the original the remains of the along with the ruins of a circular staircase and additions built by Charles v in the mid14th will serve As the Centrepiece of a planned archaeological to be opened to visitors once construction is the Carree also contains portions of the Castle filled in by King Francois i in archaeologist Michel head of the Carree Calls it a spectacular time since objects in the Moat have been perfectly preserved from the Day they were first covered by among the Moats medieval garbage venetian Ming dynasty sew ing Needles and Ivory Fleury other finds include a Large number of 18th Century Silver coins and a battered but beautifully Deco rated believed to have been worn by a Knight in the 15thcentury reign of Charles similar archaeological work is underway in the Cour the open courtyard facing the arc de car Rousel and place de la from the 13th to mid 18th Cour Napoleon was the site of a bustling Village of Homes and shops lining streets that stretched northward to what is now Paris 18th so far the Napoleon dig has yielded nearly 9 million including bits of pottery and Kitchen the excavations Are the first stage of a modernization program announced by the French government last in addition to the archaeological the refurbished louvre will feature increased exhibit much needed under ground parking and a series of new part of the increase in floor space will come from the additions and part from the relocation of the French finance a resident of the buildings North Wing since much of the new space will be used to exhibit Arti facts now in the rest to better display the Louvres the Centrepiece of the new louvre will be a Mammoth Glass Pyramid in the Center of Cour the designed by american architect will be sur rounded by Square Yards of lighted Pei says his design will change constantly under the Paris animated with movement and the Pyramid is expected to considerably brighten the facades added during Napoleons lending a sense of excite ment to the otherwise imposing plans Call for the space under the Pyramid to House an cloakroom and passages connecting the sprawling museums various an assortment of visitor lacking because the louvre was not originally designed As a will fill the rest of the underground the louvre began As a fortress under the reign of King Philip Augustus at the Start of the 13th his completed in featured 10 towers in addition to the massive Central in the Middle of the 14th Charles v turned the fortress into a becoming the first of the French Kings to reside his celebrated Library was housed in a Corner seventy five years later Francois i began revamping the tearing Down the Central Tower and filling the the Palace continued to grow Over the ultimately reaching the size and shape known today under the Rule of the Napoleon Iii made the final adding the cobbled pavement that workmen removed earlier this the main Entrance is in the embankment Wing added by Henry in the Only other Entrance open during the construction is in the Section built by the Sun King before his court abandoned the louvre for Versailles in visitors to the louvre can watch the Arche logical work from the museums second especially Good views of the Cour Carree work Are available from the egyptian guided Tours of the conducted in French can be arranged at the information desk in the Salic do near the ticket an exhibit on the louvre featuring models of the the plus information on the artefacts uncovered so is on display in the the Pavilion facing the Jeu de pause at the Distant end of the the exhibit adjoins the permanent display of moneys water enter through the Side door that faces the the louvre and orangerie Are open from to wednesday through closed holi Entrance to the louvre is 16 about admission to the archaeological exhibit july the stars and stripes Page 13