Quai du Louvre, Riverfront section in 1st arrondissement, France
The Quai du Louvre is a riverside street in the 1st arrondissement, running from the Pont Neuf and the rue de la Monnaie to the rue de l'Amiral-de-Coligny and the Quai François-Mitterrand. A light grey rough-hewn stone parapet with a flat capstone lines the walkway, which has a metal railing and steps on the river side; a small dark sign on the parapet reads "QUAI DU LOUVRE". Below the quay runs the Voie Georges-Pompidou.
This riverside path formed in the 1800s when separate quays along the river were united into one continuous section. The consolidation reflected broader efforts to organize and improve the Seine's banks during that period.
The name comes from the Palais du Louvre, which the quay runs alongside. During the French Revolution it was called quai du Muséum. A plaque at No. 26 honours the Algerian painter Abdelkader Guermaz, who lived in the building from 1962 to 1996. A scene from the 2002 film The Bourne Identity was shot here.
The quay runs one-way for vehicles from west to east, from the Pont Neuf to the Rue de l'Amiral-de-Coligny. The Voie Georges-Pompidou passes below it along the Seine, closed to cars since 2022. Métro line 7 stops at Pont-Neuf; a stone parapet with a flat capstone edges the paved walkway.
This riverside area caught the attention of painters in the 1800s who were drawn to the changing light on the water. Artists visited repeatedly to capture different times of day and seasons along the Seine.
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