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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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