French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday denounced the spectacular theft of jewellery from the Louvre Museum in Paris as an attack on France's cultural history. "The theft from the Louvre is an attack on a cultural asset that we value because it is part of our history,

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum, abruptly closed on Sunday following a break-in at its Apollo Gallery—the home of France’s crown jewels—in a bold daylight robbery that saw priceless Napoleonic treasures stolen.

Politicians and unions have criticised the government after the world’s most visited museum was robbed in broad daylight on Sunday

The Louvre museum in Paris announced it would remain closed Monday as investigations continue into Sunday’s extraordinary theft of historic jewelry – and experts say the prospects of recovering the treasures are slim.

French daily Le Parisien reported that the criminals entered the world’s most visited museum and former palace via the Seine-facing facade, where construction is underway. The report said they used a freight elevator to gain direct access to the targeted room in the Apollo Gallery.

Louvre museum theft details emerge, revealing robbers on scooters with chainsaws stole nine priceless jewels from the Napoleon and Empress Josephine collection

Robbers broke into the Louvre and fled with "priceless", historic jewelry on scooters Sunday morning during a daylight raid.