Re: Saphire earrings /not king Ferdinand Archived Message
Posted by karenl on March 21, 2015, 10:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Saphire earrings /not king Ferdinand"
Yes, what goes around, comes around. --Previous Message-- : : 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... :
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