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(1515-1643) When François I took over the French throne, he surrounded himself with the best creative minds of the time, inviting Leonardo da Vinci to Paris and hiring Italian architects to renovate the Louvre; the French capital surged with life and new buildings. When François died in 1547, the city was torn apart by Catholic and […]