PARIS (Reuters) -Authorities have yet to say what pieces were stolen from Paris’ Louvre on Sunday, but here are details of some of the treasures housed in the museum gallery the thieves targeted.

Among the items displayed there are gems making up France’s crown jewels, including one of the world’s most valuable diamonds.

HOW DID THE THIEVES BREAK INTO THE LOUVRE?

The thieves pulled up outside the Louvre on Sunday morning, on a road along the Seine river, and used an extendable ladder to break into an upper window that looks into the Galerie d’Apollon, or Apollo Gallery, authorities said.

WHAT IS THE GALERIE D’APOLLON?

In 1661, after a fire broke out at the Louvre, Louis XIV began works on what is now the gallery, entrusting them to architect Louis Le Vau. The young king wanted the gal

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