Famous Art Heists

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Catherine Palace

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Legendary capers captured by the History Channel

Famous art heists included the lifting in 1911 and return in 1913 of the Mona Lisa - see a summarized tale of her burglary at the link.  The Last Judgement stolen by Polish Pirates in 1473 hangs today in a Polish museum.  In the holocaust 20 percent of Europe's riches were stolen and never recovered including especially from the oppulent Catherine Palace near St. Petersburg.  Two Renoirs and a Rembrandt were spirited away in 2000 in Stockholm, all were recovered by 2005.  In 1990 the largest heist in history of 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum and are still at large.

Its a lovely tour none-the-less.  Take a stroll through artistic beauty and intrigue.