A daylight heist and a national 'humiliation': How 7 minutes at the Louvre stunned France

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.

'We have failed' says minister as France reels from Louvre heist

A hunt is under way to find the four thieves before the jewels - which once belonged to French royals - vanish for good.

Louvre Heist Leaves France Asking How it Could Have Happened

High visitor numbers and dwindling funds for overhauls may have made the landmark museum unexpectedly vulnerable.

Louvre crisis meeting held today after ‘humiliating’ heist sparks security boost across France amid manhunt for thieves

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

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

A group of thieves stole jewelry from Paris' Louvre museum. Here's which items they took, according to officials.

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.

Royal Heist at the Louvre: The Missing Tiaras Worth Millions and the One Crown That Got Away

Thieves at the Louvre museum stole eight items of "incalcuable" value from a collection of French crown jewels, including items belonging to Empress Eugénie, Queen Hortense and more

Historic jewels stolen in ‘national disaster’ for France: What we know about missing Louvre treasures

Precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum Sunday include an emerald necklace set among more than 1,000 diamonds gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other treasures of “inestimable” value.
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