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Mona Lisa gains new Louvre home

BBC

The Mona Lisa has been unveiled in her new home within Paris' Louvre art gallery, four years after refurbishment work began.

Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old masterpiece now hangs alone on a wall in the museum's Salle des Etats.

It will give the millions of people who come to see the Mona Lisa every year a better view of the painting.

The Salle des Etats has had a 4.8m euro (£3.29m) renovation to provide a suitable home for the masterpiece.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4413303.stm

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