Galerie d'Apollon
A ceremonial Louvre gallery whose decoration links Louis XIV with the sun god Apollo and now houses royal gems and crown diamonds.
Example
Treat the room itself as an artwork by looking upward and along the decoration before concentrating on display cases.
Sources: louvre.fr
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