The museum has selected 10 works and locations you should visit to see for yourselves and decide whether the theories in Dan Brown’s book are plausible. A Louvre tour is the best way to see the works that appear in the Da Vinci Code from a different point of view. See the Louvre as if you were in the movieĪre you a fan of the Robert Langdon tetralogy? Did you love the movie? Your visit to the Louvre is an opportunity to walk in the footsteps of the investigators and discover the secrets of the Priory of Sion. The worldwide success of a book selling more than 80 million copies went on to attract Hollywood, and the novel was adapted for the big screen in 2006 by director Ron Howard, whose previous films included Apollo 13 (1995) and The Grinch (2000). Part of the Church even talks of defamation.

The secrets revealed during the investigation by the main characters Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu make readers feel that they could be actual events. Presented as a work of fiction, the story told by Dan Brown goes beyond the imagination. However the police think Langdon is the murderer of Sauniere.Louvre:Louvre is where Jacques Sauniere was murdered and left a puzzle for Langdon and Sophie.France:The story takes place in present time, and mostly in France.The Da Vinci Code is a novel that enjoyed international success in the early 2000s. However nobody except Sauniere knew the secret, so just before he died he left a super complicated puzzle which only professor Langdon and Sophie could solve. And Silas killed him even though he thought what Sauniere said was the secret, because the Teacher told him to kill him. And he knows what the Teacher wants to know, so he gets murdered at the beginning of the book.The Teacher:He requests a monk of Opus Dei (a religious group) named Silas to threat Jacques Sauniere to make him tell the secret of the Holy Grail, and kill him.Ĭonflict:Jacques Sauniere told Silas the wrong information, which was a good thing. When Sophie was young, he always gave Sophie puzzles. He really likes Leonardo Da Vinci and puzzles (both making and solving). She is really intelligent and is an expert in solving puzzles like Robert Langdon.Jacques Sauniere:Hes the curator of Louvre and the grandfather of Sophie. She lived with her grandfather since she was very young because her parents died in a car accident. Sophie:She is about 30 years old and works in French Judicial Police as a cryptologist. Hes an expert in religion and he is really good at solving puzzles and mysteries, so he solves Jacques Saunieres dying message (which is a puzzle) with Sophie. He is kind and extremely intelligent, and is a popular academic and author of several books at the same time. Langdon:He is a professor of symbology at Harvard.

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