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.
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