Mysteries in the Louvre
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May be you read Dan Brown’s novel, the Da Vinci Code. The beginning takes place in the Louvre where Silas, a monk devotee of the Catholic organization Opus Dei, kills Jacques Saunière, the curator of the Louvre. This statue, on the Richelieu aisle, reminds me of this character. It seems to keep an eye on the secret lying under the Louvre’s courtyard. By the way, the Paris’s meridian, known as the Rose line in the book, has its origin in the Paris Observatory. But infortunately, as you can verify here, this imaginary line cross the Louvre a few yards on the east side. The line doesn’t even cross Saint Sulpice’s church. |
4 comments August 26th, 2006
