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The Louvre was closed on Monday, a day after a brazen daylight heist of historical jewels from the world’s most-visited museum prompted authorities to re-evaluate security measures at France’s cultural sites. Museum staff told dozens of visitors lined up in front of the glass pyramid entrance to leave. In a message posted on social media, the Louvre said it would refund visitors who had booked tickets. It didn’t provide additional details. Museum staff told dozens of visitors lined up in front of the glass pyramid entrance to leave. AP
Thieves on Sunday used a cherry picker to scale the Louvre’s facade, forced open a window, smashed display cases and made off with priceless Napoleonic jewels, authorities said. The theft occurred about 30 minutes after the museum opened, while visitors were inside, and it is one of the most high-profile museum thefts in memory. The incident, which Culture Minister Rachida Dati described as a professional operation that lasted only a few minutes, happened just 250 meters (270 yards) from the Mona Lisa.
France’s Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin on Monday acknowledged security failures. “For example, the windows are not secure, the presence of a cherry picker on the public road might be a matter of curiosity,” he told France Inter radio. “(As a) former secretary of the interior, I know we cannot secure everything entirely everywhere, but what is certain is that we failed.”
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez instructed governors across France to immediately re-evaluate security measures to protect museums and other cultural sites, and improve them if necessary. The theft occurred about 30 minutes after the museum opened, while visitors were inside. AP
Culture Minister Rachida Dati said investigators were working on evidence found at the scene. France’s Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin on Monday acknowledged security failures.
“We found the motorcycles and they have license plates,” Dati told CNews, a news broadcaster affiliated with AP. “I would also like to thank the security guards who prevented the basket lift from catching fire. One of the criminals tried to set it on fire, but they forced him to flee. This allowed us to recover evidence at the scene.”
Authorities said the heist lasted less than eight minutes in total, including four minutes inside the Louvre. “They went straight to the storefront, they knew exactly what they wanted. They were very efficient,” Dati said.
Here are the items stolen in the Louvre’s brazen robbery: Diamond and sapphire tiara, sapphire earrings and sapphire necklace belonging to France’s last queen Marie-Amelie and Queen Hortense. Louvre emerald necklace and earrings belonging to Marie-Louise, the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. Louvre III. A crown of Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon. Louvre Empress Eugenie’s bodice knot.
Dati insisted that the ten-year “Louvre New Renaissance” plan, launched earlier this year, includes security improvements. “When the Louvre Museum was designed, it was not designed to accommodate 10 million visitors,” she said. The 700 million euro ($760 million) plan aims to modernize infrastructure, reduce crowding and open a gallery dedicated to the Mona Lisa by 2031. Culture Minister Rachida Dati said investigators were working on evidence found at the scene. AP
Dati insisted that the ten-year “Louvre New Renaissance” plan, launched earlier this year, includes security improvements. AP
Sunday’s theft focused on the gilded Apollo Gallery, where the Crown Diamonds are displayed. The alarm brought Louvre agents to the room, forcing the intruders to flee, but the robbery had already been completed. According to videos seen and verified by BFM Television, a Louvre employee filmed a worker in a yellow jacket standing next to a glass enclosure in the Apollo Gallery on Sunday morning. It is not yet known if this person is among the suspects.
According to authorities, eight items were seized: a sapphire tiara, necklace and single earring from a set associated with 19th-century French Queens Marie-Amelie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from a matching set from Empress Marie-Louise, the second wife of Napoleon Bonaparte; a reliquary brooch; and Empress Eugenie’s tiara and large corsage bow brooch, a precious Empire ensemble from the 19th century.
The emerald empire crown of Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, which includes more than 1,300 diamonds, was later found outside the museum, French officials said. World News
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