The theft of the jewels of Princess Mathilde Bonaparte (1820-1904) was estimated this Monday at some 110,000 euros in damage.
The jewelry was stolen overnight from Saturday to Sunday at the Hébert museum in La Tronche, near Grenoble (Isère).
This is a first estimate, said the Grenoble prosecutor's office in a press release on Monday.
This Sunday, a source familiar with the matter indicated that the theft had been discovered this Sunday at dawn when the building alarm had gone off.
Two individuals had fled.
An “attack on cultural heritage”
“The thieves used a ladder and broke the shutter of the room where the jewelry was,” said the public prosecutor of Grenoble.
The investigation was handed over to the federal police.
The jewels of Princess Mathilde, one of Napoleon I's nieces, are the property of the Fondation de France.
The jewelry was part of a permanent exhibit at the Hébert Museum.
“We are at the disposal of justice and investigators and we regret this attack on cultural heritage”, declared this Sunday a spokesperson for the place.
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