Robert Langdon tourism

Robert Langdon, professor of Religious Iconology and Symbology, is the principal character in Dan Brown's series of conspiracy mystery novels. This article covers locations featured in these novels and the movies based on them

The Da Vinci Code (2006)
The Da Vinci Code is first set in Paris, France. Flights and the Eurostar are popular ways to get into the country:



At the beginning of the movie, the curator of the Louvre in Paris, Jacques Saunière (Saint-Clair) has been found murdered. In his last moments, he left several cryptic messages written in blood referencing paintings by Leonardo Da Vinci such as Madonna of the Rocks and to "Find Robert Langdon". Robert Langdon teams up with Sophie Neveu to investigate her grandfather's murder:



The town of Roslin is a short journey from Edinburgh, Scotland by car or the 37 bus. It's usually more affordable to fly into Edinburgh but there is also a train station:

Rosslyn Chapel is one of the final locations in the film. While unrelated to Robert Langdon, there is notably the nearby Roslin Institute where Dolly the Sheep was successfully cloned and is now on display at the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Perhaps Dan Brown was intrigued by this town's unique scientific and religious success.



Angels & Demons (2009)
Robert Langdon teams up with the CERN scientist Dr. Vittoria Vetra to find a suspended antimatter sample before the battery isolating the sample from matter expires which will cause a large explosion, they pursue the Illuminati through Rome to find 4 cardinals who have been executed in a manner resembling the four elements of earth, air, fire and water.

The beginning of the movie is set at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, the rest is set in Vatican City and the surrounding city of Rome, Italy.

Inferno (2015)
"We're a minute to midnight. Every single global ill that plagues the Earth... can be traced back to human overpopulation."

- Bertrand Zobrist



TV show
The Lost Symbol was adapted into a TV series for NBC's streaming service Peacock.

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The Noble Collection created a replica cryptex from Da Vinci Code.