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		</div><p>Paris’ Louvre Museum, which houses the Mona Lisa, has reopened after a four-month coronavirus lockdown.</p>
<p>Face masks were a must and visitor numbers were limited, with reservations required.</p>
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<p>Among the trickle of returning tourists was Zino Vandenbeaghen, who travelled from Belgium to enjoy the unusual space at both the Louvre and the Palace of Versailles.</p>
<p>“It’s super,” he said. “The ideal moment to visit.”</p>
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<p lang="fr" dir="ltr">Aujourd’hui à 9h, le <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Louvre?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Louvre</a> a rouvert ses portes ! ð¥³</p>
<p>ð Les premiers visiteurs ont été accueillis par Jean-Luc Martinez, président-directeur du musée. <a href="https://t.co/WEAcHd81fY">pic.twitter.com/WEAcHd81fY</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Musée du Louvre (@MuseeLouvre) <a href="https://twitter.com/MuseeLouvre/status/1280052372371378176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>About 70% of the giant museum — 45,000 square meters of space, or the equivalent of 230 tennis courts — housing 30,000 of the Louvre’s vast trove of works is again accessible to visitors starved of art in lockdown.</p>
<p>“It’s very emotional for all the teams that have prepared this reopening,” said Jean-Luc Martinez, the museum director.</p>
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<p>The bulk of visitors to what was the world’s most-visited museum before the pandemic used to come from overseas, led by travellers from the United States.</p>
<p>Americans are still barred from the European Union that is gradually reopening its borders.</p>
<figure id="attachment_158381" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-158381" style="width: 975px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/17D93A5C-921B-4897-B0F3-540FB0616A1E.jpeg" alt="" width="975" height="568" class="size-full wp-image-158381" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-158381" class="wp-caption-text">The Louvre</figcaption></figure>
<p>The Louvre is hoping the reopening will attract visitors from closer to home, including the Paris region, but is bracing for a plunge in numbers.</p>
<p>Mr Martinez said the museum was expecting just 7,000 visitors on the reopening day.</p>
<p>Before the pandemic, as many as 50,000 people per day toured the Louvre in the busiest summer months.</p>
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