The Davinci Code

The Davinci Code is one of my all-time favorite movies. I have to admit that I have never read the book, but I have watched the movie many times and always enjoy the adventure, mystery, and history behind it. I love to visit specific places from movies, and The Davinci Code is full of great places to visit.

* The Louvre Museum

* Burghley House

The Louvre Museum

The Louvre Museum is featured in The Davinci Code, including specific pieces of art such as the Mona Lisa. The unique floor of The Grande Galerie is specifically referenced in the movie.

Parquet flooring of the Grande Galerie

The Grande Galerie

The Mona Lisa is the most important painting featured in the movie, although one could never get close to the painting as Professor Langdon and Sophie do in the movie. The painting is protected behind glass and guests are kept at a distance behind roped barriers so that they cannot come within 10 feet of the painting. This photo was taken in March 2025 at our most recent visit to the Louvre. In the movie, Sophie and Professor Langdon find writing in blood on the wall next to the Mona Lisa that gives them an anagram, or clue, to the next place to look inside the Louvre.

This photo was taken in November 2024 on one of our trips to Paris. There are always lots of people in the room viewing the Mona Lisa, so you have to wait your turn to get to the front and snap a photo. The Mona Lisa is being temporarily held in the Galerie Medicis of the Richelieu Wing during renovations of the Louvre, but normally it is in the Denon Wing.

Madonna of the Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci is in the Denon Wing of the Louvre, in the Grande Galerie. In the movie, the key to the safe deposit box is hidden behind it.

"The Death of the Virgin" by Caravaggio
This painting is the one that Jacques Sauniere pulls off the wall at the beginning of the movie that forces the gates to close, keeping him apart from his killer.

The Intervention of the Sabine Women by Jacques Louis David
Romulus was about to throw a spear at his father-in-law Tatius, when his wife Hersilia intervenes during the battle preceding the peace treaty between the Romans and the Sabines. In the movie, only the very bottom of this painting is shown, at the very beginning of the movie as Jacques Sauniere is running through the Louvre in an attempt to escape his killer.

The Inverted Pyramid is featured prominently at both the beginning and end of the movie. It is on the basement floor of the Louvre near the exit. It is in a shopping area underground.

The Louvre Pyramid is featured at both the beginning and end of the movie. Captain Fache calls the pyramid a "scar on the face of Paris."

In the movie you will see both the Louvre Pyramid and the lit-up Paris Ferris Wheel. In the movie, police cars drive onto the Louvre courtyard and up to the pyramid. There were plenty of people, but definitely no cars there when we visited in 2024 and 2025.

Scenes from the Davinci Code in the Louvre can be seen here:

Ending Scene in the Louvre

Finding Clues in the Louvre

Sets of the Davinci Code - How they filmed in the Louvre

Burghley House in England

Burghley House, which is also "Rosings Park" in the 2005 production of Pride & Prejudice stood in for the French Chateau de Villette in the exterior shots. The interior was also used for the pope's summer residence, as well as Sophie's grandfather's estate.

Completed in 1587, Burghley House is a grand and beautiful estate built by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I. You can tour the house for only 20 euro with an advanced-purchase ticket from their website: Burghley House

You can tour the home at night (from 6-8 pm) with a ticket to "Burghley by Twilight" for 30 euro. The home is open from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. every day except Friday, from March 15th through November 2nd. They have a Halloween Trail in the fall, and Christmas concerts at evenings in Christmastime. They even host a Santa Fun Run every year! They also host a Christmas Fair every year at the end of November, which is what they were setting up for when we arrived at Burghley House in November of 2024. The house was not open to visitors at the time, but we were able to park and walk around the grounds behind the gates, admiring the views of the house.

Burghley House is located here: Google Maps location for Burghley House

The address is Burghley House, Peterborough, Stamford PE9 3JY, United Kingdom

Here is a scene from DaVinci Code inside Burghley House: Burghley House