Louvre, Paris and Thieves
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The Louvre secretly transfers part of jewellery collection to underground Bank of France vault
Last week, eight crown jewels were stolen from the world-famous museum in Paris, which sparked public outrage and raised questions over museum security.View on euronews
The Louvre will remain closed for a second day running on Monday, management told the Agence France-Presse, after thieves stole crown jewels from the museum in Paris a day earlier. "The museum is not opening today,
Thieves stole jewelry worth millions from the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, on Sunday, Oct. 19. The popular tourist attraction remained closed in the hours since the incident amid a police investigation,
Pritzker-prize winning architect Jean Nouvel has radically transformed the interior of a stately 19th-century building.
Speaking to the New York Times, Camus confirmed the man was an unidentified passerby and had no known connection to the case. Camus said he snapped the picture because he was drawn to the man's outfit and how it connected to the Louvre. The man appeared "old-fashioned like a museum can be," according to Camus.
Ariel Weil, mayor of central Paris, says it's obvious to him that the Louvre museum’s security system did in fact fail during Sunday's crown jewel heist. But that’s contrary to what the French culture minister,