Several jewels from the
Treasures of the Mughals and Maharajahs show at Venice's Doge's
Palace were stolen from a case this morning, police said
Wednesday.
They are said to be worth several tens of thousands of euros.
The exhibit, on show in the Sala dello Scrutinio, was due to
close tonight.
It brings together, for the first time in Italy, 270 Indian
gems and jewels from the 16th to the twentieth centuries,
belonging to the Al Thani collection.
The Doge's Palace, Palazzo Ducale, housed Venetian rulers for
over a thousand years until Napoleon did away with the
Serenissima Republic.
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