“La Belle France”

           The culture of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the author of “Little Prince,” is la belle France. It is certainly not strange that such a profound book like “Little Price” had been delivered to us by a citizen of such a wonderful country.

How can anybody visit France without admiring its museums, its food, its monuments, its people..? How can anybody decipher the mysteries of Paris, the city of love? Perhaps, out of all the famous places that we all know in France, the one that reflects the most what this culture may represent to the world is the Louvre Museum.  How many outstanding personalities or masterpieces do these two simple words make us remember? Renaissance, Da Vinci, Michel Angelo, Mona Lisa… However, I will not talk about any of the masterpieces that generation after generation have said hello to millions of visitors.

Louvre

The masterpiece at Louvre that encloses the soul of the culture is outside of the building: The Louvre pyramid. Admired by many, criticized by a few, the glass pyramid makes us believe that we can overcome the barriers of time. The building that encloses the most famous masterpieces of the history of arts was built in a classical style. Right next to it, the pyramid seems to give the touch of modernity to the classical building. The city proclaims its power to bring together past and present. If you happen to walk in front of the pyramid, stop for a second and listen carefully to the sound of the wind. Try to understand its melody, it may whisper a secret, “we are the house of the past, present, and future. The building represents the past, the pyramid represents the present, and the future is in your hands.”