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Head of France's Versailles Palace to take over Louvre: source to AFP

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Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP President of Chateau de Versailles Christophe Leribault arrives at the Elysee Palace, in Paris on February 27, 2024.
Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP President of Chateau de Versailles Christophe Leribault arrives at the Elysee Palace, in Paris on February 27, 2024.
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