Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa is the most famous painting in the world. 500 years old and just 77x53cm in size, it is kept behind bulletproof glass in the Louvre museum in Paris, where it draws 10 million visitors a year. But how did a small portrait find global fame? Who is the woman in the painting, and why is the world so intrigued by her smile?
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Jul 12
The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
In 1986, seven astronauts boarded Space Shuttle Challenger for what was meant to be a routine tenth flight of the orbiter. Seventy-three seconds after lift-off, the shuttle broke apart in front of millions of viewers, in what remains one of the worst disasters in the history of h ... Show More
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Apr 2025
Sa propre salle (A room of her own)
La Joconde de Léonard de Vinci, le portrait le plus célèbre au monde, pourrait avoir sa propre salle au Louvre.
Traduction :The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most famous portrait, could get a room of its own in the Louvre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ... Show More
2m 27s
Aug 2021
The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa
August 21, 1911. On a Monday morning, a department store employee on a Paris street sees a man hurrying by. He carries a white-wrapped package and, as the employee watches, he throws something small and shiny over his shoulder...it’s a doorknob. Then the man disappears into the s ... Show More
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