If you've seen the Da Vinci Code taken from the book by Dan Brown, you can't help but want to see the places indicated in the novel also in the city of Paris. And if you've read the book, well, your desire should be skyrocketing. What to see then on a tour in Paris on the trail of the Da Vinci Code? Let's retrace them together!
The film starts at Louvre, one of the most famous museums in the world, impossible not to see it, even in part during a visit to the French capital. One of the most disturbing legends, which hover over the Louvre pyramid, was revealed recently, the pyramid would be dedicated to the Devil and the proof would be its structure entirely based on the number 6 and for its construction they would be employed 666 glass rhombuses.
Enter the Louvre and go to the Grand Gallery up to gallery 3, to admire the Mona Lisa, the Mona Lisa and then continue your visit by going to room 5 to admire the Virgin of the Rocks of Leonardo da Vinci. Just like in the movie.
The famous church, the Saint Sulpice Church located in the Saint Germain neighborhood, it is an imposing church with several side towers. In here, it is said in the film and in the book, the Linea della Rosa passes, the prime meridian of the world, the meridian of Paris, marked by a brass line that crosses the center of Paris with medallions with the inscription “Arago” at regular distances, up to the basement of the Louvre. Under the inverted pyramid, would be the last home of the Holy Grail. Obviously it is a novel. In fact, the function of the line was only of a scientific-astronomical nature and in the church there is a beautiful explanation, perhaps in response to the many fans who coming from many parts of the world were looking for the way to the Holy Grail.
“Contrary to what was written in a recent best-seller, these are not the vestiges of an ancient pagan temple. In this place no pagan temple has ever existed. The letters P and S in the small round windows on the sides of the transept refer to Peter and Sulpice, the patrons of the church, and not to an imaginary Priory of Sion “.
To finish the whole tour, go for a walk to the Champs Elisées, to Place Saint Georges, to the Bois de Boulogne park and finally to the Chateau de Villette in Val d'Oise, owned by Sir Leigh Teabing in the novel. Today the Villa offers a truly non-low cost package, with over € 4.000 to spend 5 nights in one of its rooms. Do you think a hostel in the center of Paris can do the same ?! : D
If I have forgotten somewhere, please let me know so that I can integrate :)
