88 million euros: this is the value of the jewels stolen from the Louvre

BarcelonaParisian prosecutor Laure Beccuau estimates the case at 88 million euros. The jewels stolen from the Louvre Museum on October 19. Although the museum will reopen this Wednesday, the Apollo Gallery, where the jewels stolen by the thieves were located, will remain closed, as well as the crown of Empress Eugenie de Montijo, which they lost while leaving the museum. The police continue to investigate to find out who is responsible for the theft while the debate over the museum's security intensifies.

According to statements by historian Éric Anceau collected by Efe, beyond the economic value of the precious stones in the jewels, the theft "even exceeds that of the Gioconda of 1911". "The price of the more than 8,700 diamonds, 34 sapphires, 38 emeralds and more than 200 pearls stolen is difficult to quantify," admits Anceau, who believes that it is "the whole" that gives the pieces more value, because "they represent a part of the history of France and the common heritage of the French people. Cars, president of the Louvre Museum since 2021, and previously of the Orsay and the Orangerie, will be questioned this Wednesday in the French Senate by the Committee on Culture, Communication and Sport in a hearing that will focus on the security problems detected in the museum following the theft22 and2 had been closed with a series of recommendations that "were being implemented", as explained by the French Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati. a banal incident. "It's a serious attack on our historical heritage and a blow to the entire country, because the Louvre is the showcase of French culture," Dati said during the government oversight session in the National Assembly.

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