Staircase and flooring beneath the Pyramid of the Louvre
This building, today housing the Louvre Museum, was initially built as a palace during the Middle Ages. The new Louvre, consisting of the Grand Palais and the Pyramid, designed by architect I. M. Pei was inaugurated in 1989.
Pei employed glass and stone for the Pyramid and the Carrousel. Chassagne and Saint-Marc stones dress the spiral staircase of the Pyramid, as well as the flooring and walls of the Carrousel reception hall.
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Discover the different professions of the stone industry. Thanks to modern equipment things have evolved for these trades, once classed as «hard labour». Today, workers and artisans benefit from improved labour conditions. However stone is a demanding material. For proper treatment it requires competence and know-how, both of which are slowly disappearing. It is imperative that we train future generations to carry on the excellent work of our forefathers: stone cutters, sculptors, processors, quarrymen, layers or roofers…. Discover every type of profession.
