Lupin has made the French capital the certified hottest location on screen.
Led by Omar Sy as Assane Diop, a gentleman burglar devoted to 19th-century fictional thief Arsène Lupin, it’s a crime series in the vein of our own
Sherlock – equal parts action, character study and how-dunnit – that also makes the very best of its settings, both familiar and unknown. Here’s our guide to the key locations in the first set of five episodes.
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THE LOUVRE
The star location of Episode 1 is hard to miss: Assane’s first adventure is at the Louvre, where he stages a daring heist to steal a necklace that belonged to Marie-Antoinette. Filming took place in the galleries and the lobby beneath the IM Pei-designed Pyramid, and we see Delacroix’s