: It's quite "funny" (if I dare say!!) : the Louvre museum is buying back all these : jewels sold a century and a half ago by the : french republic. It would have been less : expensive to keep everything !!
Certainly! Times and minds change, fortunately. In 1887, the Crown Jewels were considered mainly as a political (monarchical) symbol, of which the republican government of the time wanted to get rid of. Nowadays, these jewels are seen more as a cultural heirloom of France, which embody a part of the nation's history and arts...