PARIS: France’s culture ministry said eight items of jewellery were stolen from the Louvre in Sunday’s raid, including an emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon gave his wife Empress Marie Louise.
“Two high-security display cases were targeted, and eight objects of invaluable cultural heritage were stolen,” said the ministry statement.
A ninth object — the diamond- and emerald encrusted crown of the Empress Eugenie — was recovered nearby, where it was dropped by the thieves as they fled, the statement added.
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