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Paris' centuries-old Louvre Museum — home of da Vinci's iconic Mona Lisa — is getting an $800 million makeover, and American visitors will have to help pay for it.

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Leonardo da Vinci's famed "Mona Lisa" portrait is getting a new home at Paris' Louvre while the museum undergoes renovations.

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Will the Louvre’s New Renaissance project, which will create a separate special chamber for the Mona Lisa, allow for an eventual political renaissance for France’s beleaguered President?