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A history of heists at the Louvre: From the Mona Lisa to Napoleon's jewels

From the Mona Lisa to the jewels of Napoleon, the Louvre has experienced over a century of high-profile heists.

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A Brief History of Heists at the Louvre

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The Mona Lisa, a gold toilet and now the Louvre’s royal jewels: a fascinating history of art heists

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'Race against time' as police try to recover 'priceless' jewels from Louvre - as authorities reveal details of daring raid

Police face "a race against time" to recover "priceless" objects stolen by thieves in a daring heist at the Louvre museum in Paris, Sky News has been told.

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Hunt continues for thieves after priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre museum in Paris

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Masked gang steal Napoleon’s jewellery from Louvre

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Thieves steal jewels of 'incalculable' value in seven-minute heist at Louvre museum in Paris

Pieces housed there included those acquired after the Revolution for the Emperor Napoleon, his nephew Napoleon III, and their wives the empresses Marie-Louise and Eugenie.

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French justice minister admits security failures after Louvre robbery

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Thieves steal French crown jewels from Louvre in daytime raid

Stolen treasures, a crown dropped

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Stolen treasures, a crown dropped as thieves fled - and serious questions for Louvre security

It is the most spectacular robbery at the Louvre museum since the Mona Lisa disappeared in 1911.

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Police hunt Louvre jewel thieves as questions swirl over museum’s security

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Jewels stolen from the Louvre include imperial crowns and necklaces

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This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

The Louvre Museum in Paris is closed after masked thieves stole priceless jewels in what officials have described as a seven-minute heist in broad daylight.

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Di 'priceless' jewels robbers tiff from Louvre Museum for Paris

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France’s Louvre Struck by Thieves in Daring Daytime Jewel Heist

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Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum in Paris, stealing jewelry of "inestimable heritage and historical value" in brazen heist

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez called it a "major robbery," saying the intruders entered from the outside using a basket lift.

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Paris Louvre Robbery: Everything We Know

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Everything we know about the Louvre jewellery heist

The Louvre has a wild history of being robbed in broad daylight

One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects.

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Why Soup? The Mona Lisa, An Absolute Magnet For Protest, Suffers Yet Another Attack

Seen one way, at risk of over-exercising the cliche we have of the French as world-class gourmets, the January 28 "soup attack" on the Mona Lisa was the most purely "French" of the long-suffering masterpiece's many dispiriting, and occasionally ridiculous ...

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Louvre Museum Heists: From Mona Lisa to Courbet's The Wave - A Look at the Biggest Art Thefts in Paris

Explore the history of major art heists at Paris’s Louvre Museum — from the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa to Courbet’s missing The Wave and the recent jewellery robbery in the Apollo Room.