Louvre, snatched jewelry
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Louvre, Paris museum and French crown jewels
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The Louvre's director has acknowledged a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris tourist attraction after a daylight crown jewel heist over the weekend.
The only camera monitoring the exterior wall of the Louvre where they broke in was pointing away from the first-floor balcony that led to Gallery of Apollo housing the jewels, she said. "We failed these jewels," she said, adding that no-one was protected from "brutal criminals - not even the Louvre".
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Meanwhile, the Louvre’s director, Laurence des Cars, is set to make a much-anticipated appearance in front of France’s Senate Culture Committee to answer questions regarding the museum's security and what went wrong on Sunday when nine pieces were swiped from the museum’s Apollo Gallery.
Laurence des Cars is speaking for the first time since a gang of masked thieves - who remain at large - carried out Sunday's robbery.
The director of the Louvre acknowledged on Wednesday a ″terrible failure″ at the Paris monument after a stunning daylight crown jewel heist at the world's most-visited museum but said her offer to resign was refused.
The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world’s most-visited museum in a daring daylight heist that prompted authorities to reassess security measures at cultural sites across France.
A daring daylight heist at Paris’s Louvre Museum saw thieves steal priceless jewels, forcing the museum to close as police investigate.