Carrousel du Louvre

Carrousel du Louvre
La Pyramide Inversée, the Inverted Pyramid skylight, near the entrance to the Louvre
Location within Paris
Alternative names	Le Carrousel
General information
Type	Shopping mall
Location	Paris, France
Coordinates	48°51′37″N 2°20′15″E / 48.860395°N 2.337599°E / 48.860395; 2.337599
Inaugurated	15 October 1993
Owner	Unibail-Rodamco
Technical details
Floor area	10,200 m2 (110,000 sq ft)
Other information
Number of stores	more than 35
Parking	615 spaces
Website
www.carrouseldulouvre.com

The Carrousel du Louvre is an underground shopping mall in Paris, France, managed by Unibail-Rodamco. The name refers to two nearby sites, the Louvre museum and the Place du Carrousel. The mall contains a famous skylight, La Pyramide Inversée (Louvre Inverted Pyramid), which plays an important role in the best-selling 2003 book The Da Vinci Code.

Among other stores, it had the first Apple Store in France, and a McDonald's restaurant, which created controversy at the time.^[1]