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Leonardo in France |
| Section: LIFE / TRAVEL |
| Author: Harvey Hagman |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2007 |
| Size: 1,410 Words, 8,991 Characters |
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Dan Brown's bestseller, The Da Vinci Code, brings its tale of conspiracy, art history and clandestine societies to movie theaters around the world. The book is based on a 1975 find in Paris in France's Bibliotheque Nationale that Leonardo da Vinci was a member of a European secret society called the Priory of Sion.
Fellow members included Sir Isaac Newton, Sandro Botticelli, Victor Hugo and other notables. A trail of murder clues are found in Leonardo's paintings.
In Amboise, we join the millions who have viewed a real-life Leonardo mystery: Where is the Renaissance genius buried? Our guide at the chateau of Amboise is unsure.
"He's either buried over there under the statue," he says, pointing to a white marble bust of Leonardo, "or over there in the Chapelle St. Hubert. Ho...
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...-internet.fr. The chateau's address is 25 rue de la Bourdaisiere, F-37270 Montlouis (Indre et Loire), France.
--For information on Logis of France and its listing of moderately priced hotels and restaurants, visit www.logisdefrance.com, or write for a booklet from Federation Nationale des Logis de France, 83 avenue d'Italie, 75013 Paris, France.
Copyright © 2007 The Washington Times, LLC.
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