In The Da Vinci Code, Langdon discovers that Sauniere, the Louvre curator, has arranged his dying body in the shape of the Vitruvian Man, a sketch by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Marcus Vitruvius was a Roman architect in 1 BCE and authored the famous treatise on architecture entitled De Architectura. In Book III Vitruvius writes on the [...]
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Vitruvian Man in Da Vinci Code
November 20th, 2005 · 1 Comment
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Church of San Sulpice in Da Vinci Code
November 10th, 2005 · No Comments
Dan Brown takes readers of The Da Vinci Code to the Church of Saint Sulpice, in Paris. It stands on the east side of the Place Saint-Sulpice, in the Luxembourg Quater of the the Vie arrondissement of Paris. It is dedicated to Sulpitius the Pious.
The church is famous for its pipe organ, one of only [...]
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Opus Dei Center in Da Vinci Code
November 8th, 2005 · No Comments
Murray Hill Place, the Opus Dei US Headquarters and conference centre at 243 Lexington Ave, New York City, is the setting for Chapter 5 in Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”.
Brown refers to designers May & Pinska as he gives the specifics of one hundred bedrooms, six dining rooms, libraries, living rooms, meeting rooms and [...]
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