Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa Is Returned
Few in the crowds that now mob Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in the Louvre know how much she traveled during World War II.
As the war was breaking out, the greatest treasures of the Paris museum were boxed up in waterproof materials and send to the countryside. After departing the Louvre on August 28, 1939, the “Mona Lisa” moved five times, including to Loire Valley castles and a quiet abbey, all the while that enigmatic smile masked inside a plain wrapping.
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