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Louvre Museum heist: Jewels with 'inestimable' value stolen from Napoleon collection

Several people disguised as construction workers broke into the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, cracking open display cases and stealing jewelry that once belonged to Emperor Napoleon a...

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Louvre museum robbery: Jewels gone in daring heist

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Louvre Museum closed second day; police race to find stolen jewels

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Thieves hit the Louvre again. Here’s a look at other famous heists in museums worldwide

Thieves reportedly stole nine pieces from the jewelry collection of Napoleon and the Empress in the Louvre, using a basket lift to reach the museum on Sunday morning.

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How the Louvre Jewelry Heist Unfolded

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Jewels stolen from the Louvre include imperial crowns and necklaces

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Jewelry heist at the Louvre is latest problem to beset France’s most famous museum

The ornate gold piece, which features 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds, was damaged in the heist, according to French TV station TF1 and newspaper Le Parisien.

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Thieves steal historic jewels from the Louvre in daytime heist

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Di 'priceless' jewels robbers tiff from Louvre Museum for Paris

Royal crown damaged in brazen heist at Louvre

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Royal crown damaged in brazen heist at the Louvre: Culture Minister

The thieves got away with eight priceless pieces of jewelry, police said.

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Thieves Rob Priceless Jewels From Paris' Louvre in Brazen Heist

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New video purportedly shows Louvre thieves in action during brazen daytime heist

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Louvre heist sparks security scramble across French museums

A jewellery heist at Paris' Louvre museum has cast France in a "deplorable" light, Justice Minister Gerard Darmanin said on Monday as opposition politicians criticised the government for what they br...

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'Race against time' as police try to recover 'priceless' jewels stolen from Louvre

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'It's like a scene from a film' - Paris tourists surprised at Louvre jewel theft

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What jewels did the Louvre thieves target?

The gallery hosts the "Côte de Bretagne" spinel, a red-hued gemstone in the shape of a dragon which once belonged to Anne de Bretagne.

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Louvre jewellery heist: How masked gang raided museum and snatched ‘priceless’ jewels in broad daylight

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Louvre shuts down after thieves steal historical jewels

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What was stolen in the Louvre heist? What to know about the 8 jewelry pieces — and the 'race against time' to save them.

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.

This isn't the Louvre's first high-profile heist. Here's a history of earlier thefts

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.

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A Brief History of Heists at the Louvre

From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the French Crown Jewels heist this past weekend, the Parisian musuem has seen some audacious crimes over the decades.

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Louvre Closed After Thieves Steal ‘Priceless’ Jewels in Brazen Daylight Robbery

Masked thieves steal “priceless” jewels from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a daring daylight robbery, forcing the museum’s sudden closure Sunday.

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The Louvre Has Closed Temporarily After Robbery

Paris' Louvre Museum was robbed on Sunday and is now temporarily closed. Here's how to get refunds, reschedule, or find alternative museums to visit.

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The Louvre and Musée d’Orsay Shut Down as Seine River Floods [UPDATED]

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