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Louvre Closes Gallery Due to Structural Weakness

This is Beirut, 17/11 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

France The Louvre

The Louvre Museum said Monday that it was closing one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building. The Campana Gallery, which houses nine rooms dedicated to ancient Greek ceramics, will be closed while investigations are conducted into "certain beams supporting the floors of ...

Power Tool-Wielding Robbers Flee Louvre with 'Priceless' Jewels

This is Beirut, 19/10 14:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

France Paris The Louvre

Robbers wielding power tools broke into the Louvre on Sunday and made off with priceless jewels from the world-renowned museum, taking just seven minutes for the broad-daylight heist, sources and officials said. Police were hunting the culprits on Sunday afternoon, but a 19th-century crown covered in diamonds and emeralds was found damaged near ...

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