Why, more than two centuries years later, are robbers still able to take advantage of the same window at the Louvre?

Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.

The Louvre remained closed on Monday as investigations continued and the race to determine how the security failure occurred intensified.

A CHAINSAW-wielding gang has pulled off one of the most daring raids in living memory after they stormed the Louvre in Paris and stole tens of millions worth of jewellery. The seven-minute

Never say never. The Mona Lisa (1503), undoubtedly the main attraction at the Louvre, was stolen in 1911 and recovered two years later. The thief, Vincenzo Peruggia, was an Italian handyman working at the Louvre and was caught trying to sell it.

Other items in the Louvre that belonged to the Empress are diamond brooches, among them this piece from 1855. It is called a reliquary brooch, although the Louvre says that the diamond-clad item does not contain any spaces to house a holy relic.

The Louvre was closed for a second day on Monday as police hunted for thieves who broke in and stole priceless jewels in a spectacular daylight robbery.

INVESTIGATORS are probing a theory that the Louvre loot was stolen at the request of a black market kingpin. Parisian cops are desperately trying to hunt down the eight pieces of invaluable jewels

Visitors observe the painting the Mona Lisa by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci on display in a gallery at Louvre on May 19, 2021 in Paris, France. The room which houses the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris was last renovated only five years ago, in ...