Mattarella visits Louvre, lunches with Macron

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 7 - Italian President Sergio Mattarella went to the Louvre on Wednesday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a State visit to Paris.
    The leaders took in the 'Naples in Paris' exhibition while at the museum, with Giovanni Bellini's Transfiguration of Christ one of the first works they admired.
    "It's magnificent," Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano, who was part of the Italian delegation, told Macron.
    "I was born in the centre in Naples. I told the French culture minister (Rima Abdul Malak) to come to Naples and I'll give her a tour on a Vespa".
    Macron shook hands warmly with Sangiuliano and said it was an "excellent idea".
    Mattarella, accompanied by his daughter Laura, and Macron, with his wife Brigitte, then went to the Élysée Palace for a private lunch. (ANSA).