The Da Vinci Code Online

The Da Vinci Code movie arrives in cinemas later this week. In Sydney, Australia, the Anglican Church has been anticipating this moment through the screening of its own light hearted cinema advertisment. The 20 second ad begins with an adaptation of Da Vinci’s Last Supper. In Monty Python style the focus moves around the painting. [...]

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Sir Leigh Teabing is one of the key characters in The Da Vinci Code, the novel by Dan Brown recently interpreted as a movie. In the book, Sir Leigh is a historian, an English knight, suffering from the effects of polio. In the book he’s described as follows: “Portly and ruby-faced, Sir Leigh Teabing had [...]

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Chateau Vilette is used in Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code, as the setting for Langdon and Neveu’s first meeting together with Sir Leigh Teabing. Chapter 52 begins: “The sprawling 185-acre estate of Chateau Vilette was located twenty-five minutes northwest of Paris in the environs of Versailles. Designed by Francois Mansart in 1668 for [...]

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