Several paintings have been stolen from the celebrated Parisian museum, including the Mona Lisa. Over the course of its history, it has steadily improved its security.

Louvre Museum robbery reported, historical thefts detailed, investigation ongoing, no injuries, valuable jewellery stolen, museum's rich history highlighted.

Thieves entered the Louvre using a basket lift on Sunday and made away with priceless jewels, France's interior minister said, as the museum closed for the day.

A dramatic heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris has left the museum surrounded by police and closed to visitors for at least the day. Early on Sunday morning (October 19) a group…

La storia dei furti più celebri al museo parigino: dalla Gioconda rubata nel 1911 alle armature ritrovate dopo 40 anni

Thieves have pulled off a daring heist at the Louvre, using a basket lift to reach the museum on Sunday morning.

The world-famous museum in Paris was closed on Sunday after a masked gang raided one of its galleries.

A group of thieves broke into the Louvre Museum on Sunday morning and stole seven priceless jewels from the Apollo Gallery before fleeing on motorcycles.

El robo en la pinacoteca parisina, que se une a una larga historia de sustracciones, demuestra que tiene medidas insuficientes de seguridad

Thieves used an extendable ladder and motorbikes to steal eight precious items from Apollo's Gallery at Paris museum.

The most spectacular Louvre robbery since the Mona Lisa in 1911 proves the vulnerability of French museums, writes Hugh Schofield.

PARIS: In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre‘s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled…

The French culture ministry said eight pieces were stolen – but not the hugely valuable crown of Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugenie

Eight 19th-century jewels were stolen from the world famous museum on the morning of Sunday, October 19, by a criminal gang.

PARIS: The hunt was on Monday for the band of thieves who stole eight priceless royal pieces of jewelry from the Louvre Museum in the heart of Paris in broad daylight.Officials…

The jewellery heist at the Louvre on Sunday is only the latest in a series of thefts

Several paintings have been stolen from the celebrated Parisian museum, including the Mona Lisa. Over the course of its history, it has steadily improved its security.

A group of thieves stole jewelry from Paris' Louvre museum. Here's which items they took, according to officials.

France ordered a security review at the Louvre and checks at other cultural sites while a hunt was underway for thieves who lifted priceless crown jewels in an audacious daylight…

Follow the Louvre robbery: How thieves pulled off the extraordinary theft of priceless jewels from the world-famous museum in broad daylight.

Authorities sought to contain the shock caused by the theft of eight French crown jewels on Monday. By Tuesday morning, the robbers had still not been found.