In the most famous museum in the world, the Louvre, there was a robbery, which is why it was closed, and the police are investigating
The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed after the robbery, the French Minister of Culture announced, writes the BBC.
Rashida Dati wrote on the X Network,as reported by this British media, that the robbery happened on Sunday, October 19, in the morning, while the museum was opening. She stated that she is at the scene, where the police are conducting an investigation.
The museum confirmed that it would be closed that day "for exceptional reasons", without further explanation. According to various French media, pieces of jewelry were stolen, the text states.
The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world and it houses many famous works of art and other precious objects.
The last theft from the Louvre, which attracts about 9 million visitors each year and contains more than 615,000 objects, including about 35,000 works of art on display, happened in 1983, when two metal objects from the Renaissance were stolen - a ceremonial helmet and armor. They were found in Belgium in 2021.
The most famous robbery of the Louvre took place in 1911, when the Italian merchant Vincenzo Perugia stole Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" by hiding it under his tunic. The picture was found after two years. "
Otherwise, a few French museums have recently been the target of thieves.
Last month, criminals used an angle grinder to break into Paris' Natural History Museum, where gold samples worth €600.000 were taken. Thieves earlier in the month stole two plates and a vase of Chinese porcelain, classified as a national treasure, from the museum of the city of Limonges, and the loss is estimated at 6,5 million euros. Last year, four thieves stole snuffboxes and other precious artifacts from the Cognacq-Jay museum in Paris, breaking into a display case with axes and baseball bats.
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