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MONA LISA-Part of original has been cut out-da Vinci worked on it for 4 years-He did not sell it – he liked it-Later, sold to the King of France-After the French Revolution, Napoleon hung it in his bedroom-In 1911, it was stolen-…found two years later-1956 – acid damaged the lower portion, then they tried to fix it-Today, it is behind bullet-proof glass in the Louvre of Paris-Why so famous??????

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