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PARIS, Feb 13 (Reuters) - The Louvre museum's Denon gallery, where its most valuable paintings are displayed, was hit by a water leak on Thursday evening, although the area which houses Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa was unaffected,
The Denon gallery that houses many of the Louvre's most valuable paintings was hit by a water leak early on Friday, in the latest setback for the world-famous museum already rattled by a
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The Louvre’s most valuable paintings gallery damaged by water leak: Is the Mona Lisa affected?
The Louvre museum’s Denon gallery, where its most valuable paintings are displayed, was hit by a water leak on Thursday evening, though the area of the famous Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was unaffected, a union representative told Reuters on Friday.
The burst water pipe is the latest in a string of setbacks for Louvre managers that have affected the museum's daily operations since the theft of France's historic Crown Jewels last October.View on
The crown belonging to Empress Eugénie was found on the sidewalk after robbers made away with eight pieces of royal jewelry in October. Officials estimate that the repair will cost nearly $50,000
After a break-in and strikes, a ticket fraud scandal and a water leak on Friday brought new troubles to France's Louvre museum. - Fraud scandal - The blow came came just a day after revelations that police had dismantled a ticket fraud network that allegedly includes two museum employees and several tour guides.
A catalogue of incidents at the world's most visited museum have placed museum bosses come under increasing scrutiny.
Thieves dropped the gold crown after breaking into the Louvre last October and stealing French crown jewels worth millions.
A water leak affected the Denon gallery in the Louvre museum, where valuable paintings are displayed. The Mona Lisa was not impacted. The leak was contained, but some ceiling damage occurred. This incident follows recent challenges faced by the museum,
PARIS -- Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday for strikes to protest their work conditions, a ticket-price hike for non-European visitors and security weaknesses that a brazen daylight theft of France's Crown Jewels highlighted in October. In a letter ...
After a break-in, strikes and a ticket fraud scandal, the beleaguered Louvre museum in Paris said Friday it had suffered a water leak in its most-visited