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Ever wonder what some of the Paris
locations in the The Da Vinci Code look like?
Saint-Sulpice Church for example, home to the Priory of
Sion or the Pyramide Inversée, the maybe location of the
Holy Grail?
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Along with these lesser known attractions also discover
recognized locations from The Da Vinci Code
including: the Louvre Museum and Jardins des Tuileries. The beginning of The Da Vinci Code takes place
in Paris, visiting some of Paris most famous and visited
attractions, notably the Louvre Museum and the Jardins
des Tuileries. The Da Vinci Code visits other
less famous Paris attractions: Saint-Sulpice Church and
the Arago Rose Line.
Saint-Sulpice Church, the supposed home to
the Priory of Sion is in fact Paris’ biggest
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The present church, built in the middle of
the 16th century replaced a previous Romanesque
church built in the 13th.
Yes, Saint-Sulpice has a brass line on its
floor and an Obelisk as The Da Vinci Code
states.
But it’s not the Paris Meridian (that’s about
100 yards away), what the The Da Vinci Code
calls the Rose Line. In fact the line inside
Saint-Sulpice is used to determine the winter
solstice and Easter.
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At one end of the brass line is the Obelisk and the
other end a marble plate. When the sun, passing through
a Saint-Sulpice window with a lens in it, touches the
Obelisk it is the winter solstice.
When the sun touches the marble plate it is the
summer solstice. When the sun shines on the metal plate
in the middle between the Obelisk and the marble plate
it is Easter. In the 1990’s 135 bronze disks
were placed in its honor. The Arago Rose Line is
named after French astronomer Francois Arago who
recalculated the Paris Meridian in the early
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The Arago Rose Line runs north
south through Paris for a distance of about 6
miles. Finding the Arago Rose Line can be a bit
difficult but a lot of fun.
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Comédie-Française near the Palais Royal, also
close to the Louvre. It might take time but you
will find them!
The Arago Rose Line, simply
called the Rose Line in The da Vinci Code
is the once 0 longitude line, better known as
the Paris Meridian. The world used the Paris
Meridian to calculate 0 longitude until 1888,
then Greenwich England became the first prime
meridian.
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Louvre Museum
The Louvre, the most famous museum in the world
is the early backdrop in The Da Vinci Code. It
is where Jacques Saunière is murdered, Robert
Langdon and Sophie Neveu meet and then make
their escape from the police.
The Louvre dates back to 10th century and over
the years has gone from a fortress to defend
Paris to a royal palace then to a Château and
lastly into the most illustrious museum in the
world.
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Jardins des Tuileries
If you are looking for a place to sit out in the
sun and contemplate The Da Vinci Code, then the
Jardins des Tuileries is for you. The open space
in the heart of Paris positioned between the
Louvre and the Place de la Concord and other Da
Vinci Code attractions make the Jardins des
Tuileries the ideal place to relax before
setting off on more adventure.
This once royal garden and home to the Tuileries
Palace is now open to the public and offers
numerous chairs just asking to be sat in. If you
are lucky you might see a Monet in waiting
painting away.
The Jardins des Tuileries is located in the 1st
district of Paris metro stop Tuileries.
For more information and lots of photos about
Paris locations from The Da Vinci Code
please visit Da Vinci Code Paris -
http://www.da-vinci-code-paris.com/.
About The Author Jeff Steiner - http://www.jeffsteiner.com/ is an
American living in the French Alps. Over the
last eleven years he has learned a lot about
living and traveling in France. Which is why he
created http://www.americansinfrance.net.
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