After the robbery, the Louvre moved its most valuable artifacts to the most secure location in France.

Everyone has probably heard of the infamous Louvre robbery. The case still raises many questions about the security systems at the world's most famous museum, so the most valuable jewels were moved from the Souterraine, the underground vault of the Bank of France.

Sunday morning, a truck, an angle grinder, and eight minutes in the Louvre's Galleries d'Apollo . There will be films made about this now-famous robbery someday, we have no doubt about it.

Robbers made off with royal jewels worth a total of approximately €88 million and demonstrated that the security systems at the world's most visited museum... need to be improved.

Robbers escaped from the Louvre with royal jewels worth a total of approximately €88 million. Photo: Stephan Louis / Unsplash

However, the Louvre's management prefers to be on the safe side and, according to the BBC , has moved the most valuable jewels to the safest possible location. Have you heard of Souterraine ?

As reported by a British newspaper, the Louvre has moved some of its most valuable jewels to the Bank of France building, specifically to its most heavily guarded location. Located 26 meters underground, the most heavily guarded area in central Paris , better known as the Souterraine .

As we read on the Bank of France website, it was designed to withstand any attack.

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I don't think the Louvre thieves could have breached—certainly not in eight minutes— a 50-centimeter-thick concrete door that weighs seven tons. But if they had... Several layers of security were also installed, including monitoring and special alarms to detect any attempted intrusion.

The famous treasury is shrouded in legend comparable to the American Fort Knox .

The headquarters of the Bank of France has been located in the legendary Hôtel de Toulouse since 1811. You may recognize it from Sofia Coppola's film "Marie Antoinette."

The underground chamber was built between 1924 and 1927, requiring 10 tons of steel and a significant amount of cement. According to the website Gold Market , the vault covers an area of ​​11 square meters. This impenetrable room houses the nation's most valuable treasures, such as Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, but most importantly, 90 percent of France's gold reserves are hidden here.

The value of the items stored in the vault is estimated at around €600 million. Well, only Ethan Hunt from "Mission: Impossible" could break into this one.