Carrousel du Louvre

The shopping mall is located at 99 Rue de Rivoli in the 1st arrondissement. The mall is located near the Tuileries Gardens, the Comédie-Française, the Musée d'Orsay and the Louvre. The nearest metro stop is Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre (Lines 1 and 7). The mall covers . It has 33 stores and 11 restaurants. It was opened in October 1993. Major retail tenants include Sephora, Esprit, the first Apple Store in France, Mariage Frères Tea Emporium, Plaisirs de Paris, Swarovski, Perigot, Le Tanneur and Fossil. The mall includes a food court, Restaurants du Monde, containing several restaurants including a controversial McDonald's. == The Salon du Carrousel du Louvre ==

Every year the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, an association of artists created in 1861 by Louis Martinet and Théophile Gautier to break with the Official Exhibition, organizes its Salone in the Carrousel du Louvre. In 2018, 600 artists exhibited their works in front of about 15,000 visitors in just four days. The Salon des Beaux Arts welcomes painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers and illustrators, offering its guests a complete overview of the world of contemporary art. Gold medals • 2018: Walther Jaques • 2017: Thomas Dartigues, Tae Hue • 2016: Jean-Jacques Baumé, Yo Coquelin, Baichuan Dong, Jiaying He • 2013: Cao Jun ==References==