Where was the Mona Lisa kept during World War II?

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Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, oil painting showing a woman with a slight smile and folded hands, seated before a distant, hazy landscape. — Mona Lisa *Mona Lisa*, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503–19; in the Louvre, Paris.

During World War II, the Mona Lisa was identified as the most endangered artwork housed in the Louvre Museum. To protect it from the conflict, the painting was evacuated from the museum and moved to various locations throughout the French countryside. It remained in these secure, hidden locations until it was returned to the Louvre in 1945 following the declaration of peace.1