{"id":33437,"date":"2018-07-18T10:36:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T08:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=33437"},"modified":"2022-12-02T11:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:12:33","slug":"pyramide-du-louvre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/pyramide-du-louvre\/","title":{"rendered":"La v\u00e9ritable histoire de la pyramide du Louvre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>L&rsquo;<strong>\u00e9lection de Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand<\/strong>, en 1981, laisse entrevoir pour\u00a0Paris d&rsquo;heureux pr\u00e9sages : le premier Pr\u00e9sident de gauche\u00a0est bien en passe de devenir celui que l&rsquo;on surnommera plus tard\u00a0\u00ab Tontonkhamon \u00bb. Eh oui, c&rsquo;est bien lui qui a imagin\u00e9\u00a0<strong>le \u00ab\u00a0Projet Grand Louvre\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong>, mettant \u00e0 disposition du mus\u00e9e l&rsquo;espace vacant lib\u00e9r\u00e9 par le Minist\u00e8re des Finances, qui partait alors pour Bercy.\u00a0Plus de <strong>22 000 m\u00b2 <\/strong>d&rsquo;extension qui vont alors encourager la construction d&rsquo;une impressionnante\u00a0<strong>pyramide de verre<\/strong> au centre de l&rsquo;\u00e9difice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80753 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZAg-4-e1531916453746.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramide du Louvre \u00e0 Paris\" width=\"800\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZAg-4-e1531916453746.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZAg-4-e1531916453746-700x277.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZAg-4-e1531916453746-768x304.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>La gen\u00e8se d\u2019un projet pharaonique<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Pens\u00e9 par l&rsquo;architecte sino-am\u00e9ricain<strong> Ieoh Ming Pei<\/strong>, c&rsquo;est un projet de tr\u00e8s grande ampleur qui voit le jour \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque, annon\u00e7ant\u00a0d\u00e9j\u00e0 la\u00a0croissance vertigineuse\u00a0de la fr\u00e9quentation du mus\u00e9e. Il \u00e9tait donc n\u00e9cessaire de pr\u00e9voir un<strong> point d&rsquo;acc\u00e8s central<\/strong> qui fluidifierait l&rsquo;entr\u00e9e des visiteurs.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c9merge alors l&rsquo;id\u00e9e<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>d&rsquo;un acc\u00e8s par le\u00a0sous-sol au milieu\u00a0de la <strong>Cour Napol\u00e9on<\/strong>.\u00a0Mais, le risque\u00a0est de voir\u00a0cette entr\u00e9e se transformer en\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0une immense<strong> station de m\u00e9tro<\/strong> avec un plafond bas\u00a0\u00bb.\u00a0I.M Pei \u00e9labore donc, en 1983,\u00a0le plan d&rsquo;une <strong>construction pharaonique vitr\u00e9e<\/strong> qui viendra apporter de la lumi\u00e8re \u00e0 ces couloirs souterrains.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-5-e1531916550614.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramide du Louvre \u00e0 Paris\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-5-e1531916550614.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-5-e1531916550614-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-5-e1531916550614-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Une avanc\u00e9e technique\u00a0consid\u00e9rable<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Un<strong> travail de fourmis<\/strong> s&rsquo;amorce en\u00a01985, avec un enjeu de taille : d\u00e9goter\u00a0un verre qui soit \u00e0 la fois transparent, l\u00e9ger et tr\u00e8s r\u00e9sistant. Folie des grandeurs oblige, un verre d&rsquo;exception, que l&rsquo;on appela <strong>\u00ab\u00a0verre Diamant\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong>, est cr\u00e9\u00e9 tout sp\u00e9cialement par la <strong>manufacture Saint-Gobain<\/strong>. Mais le plus dur est encore \u00e0 venir : pendant 4 ans, personnel de chantier et architectes\u00a0bataillent pour aplanir au maximum la surface de la verri\u00e8re, montant et d\u00e9formant l<strong>&lsquo;armature en acier<\/strong> qui cimente\u00a0le tout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-e1531909906376.jpg\" alt=\"La pyramide du Louvre \u00e0 Paris\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-e1531909906376.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-e1531909906376-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-e1531909906376-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-e1531909906376-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Le vrai du faux<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Amateurs de<strong> th\u00e9ories satanistes<\/strong>, passez votre chemin : la l\u00e9gende urbaine a longtemps pr\u00each\u00e9\u00a0l&rsquo;existence de <strong>666<\/strong>\u00a0(le chiffre du diable !) <strong>panneaux de verre<\/strong> sur la pyramide. Mais ces rumeurs ne sont en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 qu&rsquo;<strong>affabulations<\/strong>\u00a0: il y a tr\u00e8s exactement <strong>603 losanges<\/strong> et <strong>70 triangles<\/strong>, ce qui nous fait un total de 673 panneaux de verre.<\/p>\n<p>Il se dit \u00e9galement que la pyramide du Louvre est\u00a0bas\u00e9e sur les proportions de la<strong> pyramide de Kh\u00e9ops<\/strong>. Ceci, par contre, est totalement vrai !\u00a0Haute de 21,64 m\u00e8tres, d\u2019une base carr\u00e9e de 35,24 m\u00e8tres de c\u00f4t\u00e9, il s&rsquo;agit bel et bien d&rsquo;une r\u00e9duction de la plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bre pyramide du monde.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-80744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3.jpg\" alt=\"Pyramide du Louvre Paris ZigZag\" width=\"800\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3.jpg 1722w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-436x300.jpg 436w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-1536x1057.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-727x500.jpg 727w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-200x137.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-220x151.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-1040x715.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyramide-du-Louvre-Paris-ZigZag-3-120x82.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Un projet fortement contest\u00e9<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><strong>\u00ab Mitteramses \u00bb<\/strong> ou <strong>\u00ab Tontonkhamon \u00bb<\/strong>. C\u2019est ainsi que la presse de l\u2019\u00e9poque appelait Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque de la construction de la pyramide. Car cette derni\u00e8re \u00e9tait loin de faire l\u2019unanimit\u00e9 ! Beaucoup trouvaient, et trouvent toujours, son<strong> style futuriste<\/strong> totalement inadapt\u00e9.\u00a0On disait aussi qu\u2019elle risquait de\u00a0couper la perspective de l\u2019axe historique.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e9anmoins, ce projet s&rsquo;est plut\u00f4t sold\u00e9 par <strong>une r\u00e9ussite<\/strong> :\u00a0le Louvre\u00a0continue d\u2019accueillir un nombre croissant de visiteurs chaque ann\u00e9e\u00a0et la Pyramide est devenue un monument<strong> parisien <\/strong>\u00e0 part enti\u00e8re devant lequel il y a toujours foule !<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00c0 lire \u00e9galement :<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/les-chiffres-fous-du-louvre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Les chiffres fous du Louvre<br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00c0\u00a0lire \u00e9galement : <\/strong><\/span>Ces monuments qui divisent les Parisiens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Pyramide du Louvre, un travail de fourmis&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":80738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"La v\u00e9ritable histoire de la pyramide du Louvre","_seopress_titles_desc":"La Pyramide du Louvre, un travail de fourmis... 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