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The world-famous Paris art museum was preparing to open on Sunday when a gang broke in to plunder priceless jewellery that once belonged to the family of Napoleon Bonaparte
From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the French Crown Jewels heist this past weekend, the Parisian musuem has seen some audacious crimes over the decades.
Sunday’s robbery at the Paris museum could be the latest example of thieves targeting museums for jewels and precious metals to break down and sell on.
A CRISIS meeting was held at the Louvre today after raiders plunged France’s reputation into the gutter by stealing priceless jewels from the most popular art museum in the world. The four gang
According to The Royal Watcher, Eugénie also wore the Pearl Tiara for Napoleon III’s investiture into the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle in 1855, during a State Visit to the United Kingdom. The royal couple eventually went into exile in 1870 after France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War.
France's Interior Ministry said that around 9.30am several intruders forced open a window, stole jewels from vitrines and fled on two-wheelers.View on euronews
Beyond their market value, these items have inestimable heritage and historical value,“ the Louvre said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE
The precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum on Sunday include an emerald necklace gifted by Napolean to his second wife and other priceless crown jewels.