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Royal crown damaged in brazen heist at Louvre
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Eight "objects of inestimable heritage value" were stolen, per France's Ministry of Culture, and one item, an ornate gold crown, was recovered near the scene.
The masked gang, who remain at large, made off with nine items, including a crown, a tiara, necklaces and earrings.
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.
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.
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.