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The Galerie d'Apollon

The Louvre's jewel gallery, reopened with every case emptied on purpose

The Galerie d'Apollon

The Louvre’s Apollo Gallery reopened on 22 July 2026, nine months after the 19 October 2025 heist took eight pieces valued at roughly €88 million. It reopened with no jewels in it at all: the surviving Crown Jewels, the Regent diamond included, were moved to a windowless vault and the cases replaced with 28 Gobelins tapestry portraits. What is left on view is the 1661 room itself.

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