Louvre MuseumĪnd the final stop on our quirky tour of the Da Vinci Code filming locations in Paris is the Louvre Museum. Today, you can book your very own stay at the iconic hotel. Originally founded in 1898 by Cesar Ritz, the hotel has welcomed acclaimed, famous, and wealthy guests from all over the world for over a century. Hand painted walls, red velvet and mahogany everything: this hotel is the height of Parisian decadence and luxury. In the Da Vinci Code, Robert Langdon stays at this Hotel. The theater is yet another stop along the infamous ‘rose-line’, or so-called ‘Paris meridian’. Plus, it has its own group of full-time employed actors. Located close to Palais Royal and the Louvre, its grand Haussmann façade makes it difficult to miss.
The Comédie-Française is the first, and so far only, comedy theater run by the French government. In fact, it’s the perfect place to catch up with friends, or head to one of the only spots in the city where you can purchase a Matcha Latté, Café Kistuné. The pretty and tranquil park is often cited as many people’s favourite park in the city of lights. Today, Palais Royal is both the name of the building and the quiet square nestled within its walls. In the Da Vinci Code, Robert Langdon (played by Tom Hanks) walks through the historic palace, continuing with his search to find the end of the rose-line. Grand, imposing and once the seat of nobility – rather than royalty, Palais Royal sits opposite the Louvre. However, the Catholic Church vehemently rejects this claim, and there is even a special notice inside the church informing visitors to this ancient place of worship that the rose-line is mere fiction. Interestingly, there is a real meridian line in the church… But this one is supposed to calculate the official date of Easter, rather than any link to possible descendants of Jesus. The reason the church rejected the Da Vinci Code being filmed here? Well, in both the book and the movie, the ‘ rose-line‘ supposedly runs through the heart of the church and is meant to be ‘the world’s first meridian’.ĭan Brown links this mythical line to the bloodline of Christ.
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The high ceiling and many of the stained glass windows are merely special effects, added post filming.
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This means that when you watch the film and Tom Hanks walks into the infamous church, he is actually walking through a Hollywood Movie set. The historic church of Saint Sulpice, located not far from the Jardin du Luxembourg and pretty close to the Latin Quarter area of the city, is probably the most controversial of all the Da Vinci Code filming locations in the city of love.Īfter all, when the film crew asked for rights to shoot the interior of Saint Sulpice, they were actually turned down.
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