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As

they

entered

the

deserted

park

,

the

agent

reached

under

the

dash

and

turned

off

the

blaring

siren

.

Langdon

exhaled

,

savoring

the

sudden

quiet

.

Outside

the

car

,

the

pale

wash

of

halogen

headlights

skimmed

over

the

crushed

gravel

parkway

,

the

rugged

whir

of

the

tires

intoning

a

hypnotic

rhythm

.

Langdon

had

always

considered

the

Tuileries

to

be

sacred

ground

.

These

were

the

gardens

in

which

Claude

Monet

had

experimented

with

form

and

color

,

and

literally

inspired

the

birth

of

the

Impressionist

movement

.

Tonight

,

however

,

this

place

held

a

strange

aura

of

foreboding

.

The

Citroën

swerved

left

now

,

angling

west

down

the

park

’

s

central

boulevard

.

Curling

around

a

circular

pond

,

the

driver

cut

across

a

desolate

avenue

out

into

a

wide

quadrangle

beyond

.

Langdon

could

now

see

the

end

of

the

Tuileries

Gardens

,

marked

by

a

giant

stone

archway

.

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Arc

du

Carrousel

.

Despite

the

orgiastic

rituals

once

held

at

the

Arc

du

Carrousel

,

art

aficionados

revered

this

place

for

another

reason

entirely

.

From

the

esplanade

at

the

end

of

the

Tuileries

,

four

of

the

finest

art

museums

in

the

world

could

be

seen

…

one

at

each

point

of

the

compass

.

Out

the

right

-

hand

window

,

south

across

the

Seine

and

Quai

Voltaire

,

Langdon

could

see

the

dramatically

lit

facade

of

the

old

train

station

–

now

the

esteemed

Musée

d

’

Orsay

.

Glancing

left

,

he

could

make

out

the

top

of

the

ultramodern

Pompidou

Center

,

which

housed

the

Museum

of

Modern

Art

.

Behind

him

to

the

west

,

Langdon

knew

the

ancient

obelisk

of

Ramses

rose

above

the

trees

,

marking

the

Musée

du

Jeu

de

Paume

.

But

it

was

straight

ahead

,

to

the

east

,

through

the

archway

,

that

Langdon

could

now

see

the

monolithic

Renaissance

palace

that

had

become

the

most

famous

art

museum

in

the

world

.

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Musée

du

Louvre

.

Langdon

felt

a

familiar

tinge

of

wonder

as

his

eyes

made

a

futile

attempt

to

absorb

the

entire

mass

of

the

edifice

.

Across

a

staggeringly

expansive

plaza

,

the

imposing

facade

of

the

Louvre

rose

like

a

citadel

against

the

Paris

sky

.

Shaped

like

an

enormous

horseshoe

,

the

Louvre

was

the

longest

building

in

Europe

,

stretching

farther

than

three

Eiffel

Towers

laid

end

to

end

.

Not

even

the

million

square

feet

of

open

plaza

between

the

museum

wings

could

challenge

the

majesty

of

the

facade

’

s

breadth

.

Langdon

had

once

walked

the

Louvre

’

s

entire

perimeter

,

an

astonishing

three

-

mile

journey

.

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