Investigate the "possibly intentional" fire of the church where the Da Vinci Code was filmed

The Parisian church of Saint Sulpice, built in the 17th century and filming location The Da Vinci code, suffered a fire on Sunday that is still under investigation by the police, before suspicion of a possible intentional origin.

The fire was declared shortly after noon, while there were four people inside. Smoke and flames crossed the huge doors of the Catholic temple before the firefighters arrived.

In principle, the causes of the fire were not determined, although local portals RTL and LCI indicated that the authorities they handle the badumption of a criminal act.

A day earlier, Saturday, there was Violent looting and confrontations with the police by the movement "Yellow Vests"although they occurred in more central areas.

On the other hand, the damage in the churchdeclared a historic monument in 1915 three paintings by Eugene Delacroix, one of the emblematic figures of the romantic movement in France of the 19th century.

It is the second longest church in the French capital (after Notre Dame) and one of the largest, measuring 120 meters long, 57 wide and 30 high under the central arch.

In Dan Brown's bestselling novel, St. Sulpice's Church is one of the action places where Silas the badbadin follows a false track in his search for the Holy Grail.

After destroying part of the church under an alleged meridian, he found a message revealing that he was following a false track. The quoted verse quotes the book of Job: "Until here, you will come, but not beyond."