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Louvre says crown crushed during heist can be restored

The crown of Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III, which had 1,354 diamonds, is largely intact and will be carefully repaired

The Independent UK

George Clooney Wants to Feature the Louvre Heist in Ocean's 14: 'It Was Cool'

George Clooney was impressed by the thieves behind the recent Louvre Heist.

International Business Times UK

Diamond jewel abandoned by Napoleon at Battle of Waterloo to go up for sale

The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was left behind by Napoleon Bonaparte after he fled Waterloo’s battlefield to return to Paris.

Evening Standard

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Napoleon’s lavish diamond brooch could fetch £190k at auction

The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was abandoned by the emperor after the Battle of Waterloo

The Independent UK

Louvre heist: the turbulent history of the stolen royal jewels

It sounds like the plot of a heist movie. On October 19, priceless items of jewellery and royal regalia were stolen, in broad daylight and in a matter of minutes, from the Louvre’s gilded Gallery of Apollo in Paris. The theft of these items from one of the world’s most…

The Conversation

Giorgio Armani creations interplay with Italian masterpieces at new Milan exhibition

The Milan exhibition aims to create a dialogue between Giorgio Armani's sartorial creations and the artworks of luminaries such as Raphael and Caravaggio.

Euronews

Popes were once confined to Rome. Now they travel the world – and Francis’ current journey is particularly significant

Pope Francis is continuing the tradition of papal journeys, having embarked on the longest trip of his papacy yet to Asia and the Pacific.

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Napoleon's pistols sold for 1.7 million euros at French auction

Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros, the auction house said, with the government insisting that they stay in the country as 'national treasures'.

Radio France Internationale

Napoleon: ignore the griping over historical details, Ridley Scott's film is a meditation on the madness of power

While Ridley Scott’s Napoleon has been causing consternation among some historians, they are overlooking the fact that the historical record does actually support the film’s narrative in terms of one man taking power and shaping a new order during times of revolution and chaos.

The Conversation

Napoleon's hat sells for record sum at French auction

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor sold for a record of nearly two million euros at a French auction on Sunday, the auction house said.

Radio France Internationale

Napoleon: An Updated Cast List, Including Joaquin Phoenix

Ridley Scott and Joaquin Phoenix have reunited for Napoleon, and they're working with an amazing ensemble cast.

Cinemablend

Small French towns send out big message in rejecting pension reforms

The recent protests and strikes making the headlines are in Paris and other big cities, but people in more than 200 towns in France took to the streets on Tuesday to oppose President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. In Compiègne – an imperial town some 90kms north of the capital, a…

Radio France Internationale

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