The da Vinci Code, the controversial thriller by Dan Brown starts in Paris, and the first half of the novel takes place in the City of Lights. With your licensed and specially-trained guide, search for the clues Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu sought as they deciphered clues hidden in Leonardo da Vincis masterpieces: la Grande Galerie du Musée du Louvre, where fictional curator Jacques Saunière was murdered, works of art such as the Mona Lisa and The Virgin of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci, the Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio, larc du Carousel, pont du Carousel, and the frescoes by Eugène Delacroix, the ceiling, the astronomical gnomen, and the brass Line inside Saint-Sulpice Church. Youll find the Arago plaques (pictured at left) that mark Paris Rose Line, the northsouth meridional line from which all eastwest distances in France were measured until 1884. Search for the holy grail in I.M. Peis Inverted Pyramid Author Dan Brown maintains that all descriptions of artwork, architecture, in the book are accurate Find out for yourself where the truth stops and the fiction begins! A private minibus tour of da Vinci Code Paris is also available with your own personal guide.