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Louvre Museum heist: Jewels with 'inestimable' value stolen from Napoleon collection

Several people disguised as construction workers broke into the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, cracking open display cases and stealing jewelry that once belonged to Emperor Napoleon a...

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What was stolen from the Louvre? See the 8 pieces of jewelry thieves took, per officials

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Louvre’s Jewels Plundered In A Dazzling Daytime Caper

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Daring heist prompts museum security review in France

A major manhunt underway for four thieves that broke into the world famous Louvre in Paris.

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Jewels stolen from the Louvre include imperial crowns and necklaces

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Louvre remains closed one day after jewel heist

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Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewelry from the Louvre in 7-minute raid

The thieves forced open a window using an angle grinder and stole jewelry that has “sentimental value and is priceless,” the interior minister added.

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Thieves steal ‘priceless’ jewels from Louvre and escape on motorbikes

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Chainsaw-wielding thieves make off with 'priceless' jewelry in daring heist at the Louvre in Paris

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Empress Eugénie’s tiara and France’s crown collection stolen again: Inside the royal jewelry heist at the Louvre

P aris, a city built on beauty and history, is now gripped by scandal. On Sunday morning, a robbery unfolded inside the Louvre’s legendary Galerie d’Apollon, home to France’s most prized crown jewels.

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

Masked thieves stole priceless jewels from the Louvre on Sunday morning. The Paris museum has suffered a string of successful art heists, dating back to the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.

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The Story Behind the Priceless Pieces Targeted in the Louvre Heist

Paris’s Louvre Museum has always been a cultural touchstone, but a seven-minute raid on the centuries-old art institution over the weekend has inspired frenzied conversation the world over. At about 9:30 a.

See What Was Taken in the Louvre Heist

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.