Treasres in Europe
Really Europe is the treasure of the world . Here you can find all comfortness in life
the most luxurious items like diamond rare jems precious gold ornaments
eac and every thing in Europe is abundant
the life here is very luxurious
Golds Rare jewels Very coslty archelogical things every things
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territory 860 -1124 metres above the sea level. Novobrdo, an antique settlement and a medieval city, was established close to silver and gold mines.
The antique settlement is called Gumnishte. Rescue archeological research and surveys, carried out in 1990, documented a fortified dwelling or settlement constructed with dry stone. The fortified part covers a surface of 5.10 Ha. It includes a pre-quarter area of 2 Ha. The excavations included parts of the surrounding wall and a water well (dimensions 2.40 x 2.40 x 3.80 m). Metal objects, dishes and ceramic fragments of luxurious vases decorated with black figures on red background were found. Judging by the size of the residence, the importance of vases and very large stones used for building construction, the possibility that we are dealing with Ilir city Damastion, where silver coins were produced in the 4th century BC, is not excluded.
The mediaeval city bears the name "Fortress". It is mentioned for the first time in historical sources in 1326 as Nuovomonte. In 1349, silver coins bear the name of grossi di Novabarda. The fortress was known as one of the most important mining cities in south-eastern Europe. Mining was developed by Saxons; trade grew thanks to Dubrovnik’s merchants. The population consisted of Albanians, Slavs, Saxons and other nationalities. The city fell under
Turkish rule in 1445. After the Austro-Turkish wars in 1689, the city lost its importance and its old-time fame. As the Christian coalition lost the war, the population migrated.
The fortified city consisted of three parts: the upper city (citadela), lower city and pre - quarters. The entire area covers a surface of 50 Ha. The upper city was protected with walls and six tall cylindrical towers. The lower city, apart from surrounding walls, was protected with two towers, on the east and south sides, and a moat on the west side. Pre-quarters, villages, cemeteries and religious buildings extended throughout the entire area.
During the archaeological excavations carried out since 1951 until 2003, important monuments, such as the Good Friday cathedral, Saxon monumental church and two smaller churches, were found.
The site of Novobrdo, in particular the mediaeval town which preserved its integrity and impressive monumental features, such as defence walls up to 15 m high, the natural environment rich with fauna and flora specimens, presents wide possibilities for tourism development.
Because of its importance, the site is listed as a "cultural monument of the first category" protected by law, experts of the Institute of Monuments and the Pristina regional Museum drafted a project for the preservation of archeological remains as part of the 2003 programme of activity .
Categories of significance:
Of outstanding national importance
The antique settlement demonstrates the interlacing of the Hellenic culture with local Ilir culture. The mediaeval city shows the symbiosis of European architectural styles and Ottoman building traditions.
If the idea of drafting a project for cultural tourism development was supported by the local and national authorities, and international institutions, all archeological locations might become of extraordinary national and wider interest.
Categories of ownership or interest:
Bearing in mind the natural and cultural significance of the site, the possibility of tourism development is obvious.
Documentation and bibliographic references:
Documentation
Technical and written documentation, as well as photographs are prepared by the experts of the Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments & Prishtinë/Pristina Regional Museum in 2003, in the framework of preservation activities and archaeological excavations.
Bibliography
1. V. Jovanovic, Novobrdo really silver and golden city. Belgrade, (Serbian, Latin).
2. H. Mehmetaj, In Novobërdë/Novobrdo is discovered relics of the Ilir city inhabitance, Word, Prishtinë/Pristina, September 1990 (Albanian Latin).
Condition:
Very bad condition – the antique city, the mediaeval upper city and lower city, where the walls have almost collapsed, the foundations of the Saxon church, structural problems (foundations), stones have slipped so it is hard to notice the church plan. The small church, discovered in 1951: structural foundation problems.
Good condition - the foundation of the Good Friday cathedral and of the church with surrounding walls, discovered and preserved in 2003.
Risk:
Risk is related to lack of maintenance and conservation.
Condition risk:
Immediate risk of further deterioration, solution found but not implemented.
Management:
The management of this archaeological site is the responsibility of the Municipal Assembly in Novobërdë/Novobrdo and the Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments & Prishtinë/Pristina Regional Museum. If a project and common objectives for the preservation, restoration, archaeological research, the construction of a visitors’ centre and a museum were implemented, the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments & Prishtinë/Pristina Regional Museum, besides other national and international institutions would participate in this project and would offer expertise and supervise the project
Summary:
The impressive architectural features, such as defence walls of the mediaeval city, the archaeological remains, rich flora and fauna, as well as future plans for the establishment of a visitors’ centre, provide preconditions for cultural and natural tourism development. The first step would consist in the consolidation of the city walls.
Sign. and date:
Haxhi Mehemtaj
Prishtinë/Pristina
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ European
The antique settlement is called Gumnishte. Rescue archeological research and surveys, carried out in 1990, documented a fortified dwelling or settlement constructed with dry stone. The fortified part covers a surface of 5.10 Ha. It includes a pre-quarter area of 2 Ha. The excavations included parts of the surrounding wall and a water well (dimensions 2.40 x 2.40 x 3.80 m). Metal objects, dishes and ceramic fragments of luxurious vases decorated with black figures on red background were found. Judging by the size of the residence, the importance of vases and very large stones used for building construction, the possibility that we are dealing with Ilir city Damastion, where silver coins were produced in the 4th century BC, is not excluded.
The mediaeval city bears the name "Fortress". It is mentioned for the first time in historical sources in 1326 as Nuovomonte. In 1349, silver coins bear the name of grossi di Novabarda. The fortress was known as one of the most important mining cities in south-eastern Europe. Mining was developed by Saxons; trade grew thanks to Dubrovnik’s merchants. The population consisted of Albanians, Slavs, Saxons and other nationalities. The city fell under
Turkish rule in 1445. After the Austro-Turkish wars in 1689, the city lost its importance and its old-time fame. As the Christian coalition lost the war, the population migrated.
The fortified city consisted of three parts: the upper city (citadela), lower city and pre - quarters. The entire area covers a surface of 50 Ha. The upper city was protected with walls and six tall cylindrical towers. The lower city, apart from surrounding walls, was protected with two towers, on the east and south sides, and a moat on the west side. Pre-quarters, villages, cemeteries and religious buildings extended throughout the entire area.
During the archaeological excavations carried out since 1951 until 2003, important monuments, such as the Good Friday cathedral, Saxon monumental church and two smaller churches, were found.
The site of Novobrdo, in particular the mediaeval town which preserved its integrity and impressive monumental features, such as defence walls up to 15 m high, the natural environment rich with fauna and flora specimens, presents wide possibilities for tourism development.
Because of its importance, the site is listed as a "cultural monument of the first category" protected by law, experts of the Institute of Monuments and the Pristina regional Museum drafted a project for the preservation of archeological remains as part of the 2003 programme of activity .
Categories of significance:
Of outstanding national importance
The antique settlement demonstrates the interlacing of the Hellenic culture with local Ilir culture. The mediaeval city shows the symbiosis of European architectural styles and Ottoman building traditions.
If the idea of drafting a project for cultural tourism development was supported by the local and national authorities, and international institutions, all archeological locations might become of extraordinary national and wider interest.
Categories of ownership or interest:
Bearing in mind the natural and cultural significance of the site, the possibility of tourism development is obvious.
Documentation and bibliographic references:
Documentation
Technical and written documentation, as well as photographs are prepared by the experts of the Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments & Prishtinë/Pristina Regional Museum in 2003, in the framework of preservation activities and archaeological excavations.
Bibliography
1. V. Jovanovic, Novobrdo really silver and golden city. Belgrade, (Serbian, Latin).
2. H. Mehmetaj, In Novobërdë/Novobrdo is discovered relics of the Ilir city inhabitance, Word, Prishtinë/Pristina, September 1990 (Albanian Latin).
Condition:
Very bad condition – the antique city, the mediaeval upper city and lower city, where the walls have almost collapsed, the foundations of the Saxon church, structural problems (foundations), stones have slipped so it is hard to notice the church plan. The small church, discovered in 1951: structural foundation problems.
Good condition - the foundation of the Good Friday cathedral and of the church with surrounding walls, discovered and preserved in 2003.
Risk:
Risk is related to lack of maintenance and conservation.
Condition risk:
Immediate risk of further deterioration, solution found but not implemented.
Management:
The management of this archaeological site is the responsibility of the Municipal Assembly in Novobërdë/Novobrdo and the Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments & Prishtinë/Pristina Regional Museum. If a project and common objectives for the preservation, restoration, archaeological research, the construction of a visitors’ centre and a museum were implemented, the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments & Prishtinë/Pristina Regional Museum, besides other national and international institutions would participate in this project and would offer expertise and supervise the project
Summary:
The impressive architectural features, such as defence walls of the mediaeval city, the archaeological remains, rich flora and fauna, as well as future plans for the establishment of a visitors’ centre, provide preconditions for cultural and natural tourism development. The first step would consist in the consolidation of the city walls.
Sign. and date:
Haxhi Mehemtaj
Prishtinë/Pristina
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ European
GEM ARCHAEOLOGY
lyptic art, the craft of gem carving, dates at least to the the 7th millennium B.C., developing into a highly sophisticated industry in the Indus Valley Civilization from the mid-fourth to late second millennium B.C. As in other civilized societies, whether ancient or modern, gems engraved as sealstones and personal signets were not only ornamental adornments, but also were objects of indispensible utility, which, impressed into wax or clay, represented a legal signature, or personal identification, not unlike a driver's license or ID card today, or notarial imprimatur on business and bureaucratic transactions. The "device" or engraved part of a gem customarily was cut to read backwards in the stone, so that the engraving, such as a signature or right-facing portrait, would read right in the impression. An especially pretty or interesting-looking stone might be reserved for carving by only the best carver or only for the most important patrons. Pyrgoteles, for example, was the only gem cutter authorized to engrave the likeness of Alexander the Great in the rare gemstone, smaragdos (a green-colored stone from which the term for the modern beryl variety "emerald" is derived).
Art historians, archaeologists and connoisseurs have examined ancient texts—anonymously carved Mesopotamian inscriptions, Theophrastus's On Stones, Pliny the Elder's Natural History—as well as archaeological literature to inform our current understanding of the importance of gems and glyptic art in antiquity. From these texts scholars have inferred the gem varieties that were known in antiquity, their origins, and enhancement techniques that may have been applied to them intentionally by the ancient lapidary to improve or otherwise alter their appearance. The iconography or subject matter depicted in engraved gems, or intaglios, has been the primary focus of study.
Gemological and analytical study has been limited. Instead, the material attributes published on ancient gems have been reported anecdotally in successive journals, papers, and books, repeating for centuries erroneous interpretations of corrupt texts or observations based on sight alone, without the benefit of analytical verification.
Peri Lithon, or On Stones, written in the fourth century B.C. by Theophrastus, is the most important text about gems of the Classical world. It is the earliest scientific treatise on any subject extant in western literature, and is the antecedent of our modern scientific system of classification. Although it survives only as a fragmentary book, On Stones presents a taxonomy of the gems known in ancient times, describing their origins, physical properties, and magical or other special attributes. Gemological study offers an illuminating perspective on the ancient literature and a re-assessment of archaeological literature, enabling correction of some inaccurate information and clearer rendering of opaque passages, particularly concerning gemstone origins and the nature of accidental alterations effected through burial, for example, or treatments applied intentionally to gems by the ancient lapidary.
Various analytical techniques are used in gemstone identification, when standard gemological techniques prove inconclusive. A technique that has been employed for many decades is powder X-Ray Diffraction (powder XRD) analysis. Identification of an unknown sample is accomplished by comparing its crystalline structure against a reference base of known minerals.
Raman spectroscopy is being used increasingly to identify gemstones, employing a reference base of known gem spectra for comparison with unknown samples. Both qualitative techniques, such as X-Ray Fluorescence spectroscopy, and quantitative techniques, such as electron microprobe analysis, are useful in treatment detection and provenance studies, respectively
lyptic art, the craft of gem carving, dates at least to the the 7th millennium B.C., developing into a highly sophisticated industry in the Indus Valley Civilization from the mid-fourth to late second millennium B.C. As in other civilized societies, whether ancient or modern, gems engraved as sealstones and personal signets were not only ornamental adornments, but also were objects of indispensible utility, which, impressed into wax or clay, represented a legal signature, or personal identification, not unlike a driver's license or ID card today, or notarial imprimatur on business and bureaucratic transactions. The "device" or engraved part of a gem customarily was cut to read backwards in the stone, so that the engraving, such as a signature or right-facing portrait, would read right in the impression. An especially pretty or interesting-looking stone might be reserved for carving by only the best carver or only for the most important patrons. Pyrgoteles, for example, was the only gem cutter authorized to engrave the likeness of Alexander the Great in the rare gemstone, smaragdos (a green-colored stone from which the term for the modern beryl variety "emerald" is derived).
Art historians, archaeologists and connoisseurs have examined ancient texts—anonymously carved Mesopotamian inscriptions, Theophrastus's On Stones, Pliny the Elder's Natural History—as well as archaeological literature to inform our current understanding of the importance of gems and glyptic art in antiquity. From these texts scholars have inferred the gem varieties that were known in antiquity, their origins, and enhancement techniques that may have been applied to them intentionally by the ancient lapidary to improve or otherwise alter their appearance. The iconography or subject matter depicted in engraved gems, or intaglios, has been the primary focus of study.
Gemological and analytical study has been limited. Instead, the material attributes published on ancient gems have been reported anecdotally in successive journals, papers, and books, repeating for centuries erroneous interpretations of corrupt texts or observations based on sight alone, without the benefit of analytical verification.
Peri Lithon, or On Stones, written in the fourth century B.C. by Theophrastus, is the most important text about gems of the Classical world. It is the earliest scientific treatise on any subject extant in western literature, and is the antecedent of our modern scientific system of classification. Although it survives only as a fragmentary book, On Stones presents a taxonomy of the gems known in ancient times, describing their origins, physical properties, and magical or other special attributes. Gemological study offers an illuminating perspective on the ancient literature and a re-assessment of archaeological literature, enabling correction of some inaccurate information and clearer rendering of opaque passages, particularly concerning gemstone origins and the nature of accidental alterations effected through burial, for example, or treatments applied intentionally to gems by the ancient lapidary.
Various analytical techniques are used in gemstone identification, when standard gemological techniques prove inconclusive. A technique that has been employed for many decades is powder X-Ray Diffraction (powder XRD) analysis. Identification of an unknown sample is accomplished by comparing its crystalline structure against a reference base of known minerals.
Raman spectroscopy is being used increasingly to identify gemstones, employing a reference base of known gem spectra for comparison with unknown samples. Both qualitative techniques, such as X-Ray Fluorescence spectroscopy, and quantitative techniques, such as electron microprobe analysis, are useful in treatment detection and provenance studies, respectively
Arts News For: April 20, 2008
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LACDA 'TOP 40' JURIED EXHIBIT Los Angeles Center For Digital Art - Los Angeles, CA USA United States of America The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art congratulates all of the entrants to the 'Top 40' LACDA Juried Competition, which runs from April 12 through May 3, 2008. "You have all made excellent contributions to the pioneering field of digital art and have made art history by participating in a new area of creativity and a new kind of competition," comments Rex Bruce, curator at the LACDA. Digital art defines the contemporary. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art is dedicated to the propagation of all forms of digital art, new media, digital video art, net art, digital sculpture, interactive multimedia, and the vast panorama of hybrid forms of art and technology that constitute our moment in culture. Read Indepth Article
Call for Artists: Scholarships Available for MFA Program Transart Institute, O.K. Center for Contemporary Art - Linz, AT Austria TRANSART INSTITUTE announced today that three scholarships of USD 15000 each are available for students from Eastern Europe and developing countries and six scholarships of 2000 and 1000 USD respectively are available to students from anywhere to participate in the international MFA program. In the highly individualized low-residency MFA program students create their own course of study working on art and research projects off-site with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors. The independent study is complemented by three intensive summer residencies where lectures, critiques, seminars, performances, exhibitions, and workshops take place on-site in Europe. The low-residency format permits continuing a professional life while participating in the program. Read Indepth Article
Pulp Function: An Extraordinary Exhibition of Artwork Made from Paper Worcester Center for Crafts - Worcester, MA USA United States of America When you hear the word paper, are you thinking of the daily news? Recycling? The quicker picker upper? Think again. The Pulp Function exhibit at the Worcester Center for Crafts Gallery takes what you thought you knew about paper and turns that notion on its head. From April 17-May 26, 2008, move beyond the traditional function of pulp as emerging and established artists from across America revisit paper as a medium for art, including vessels, jewelry, clothing, furniture, books and sculpture. Read Indepth Article
The Season of Discontent: Paintings by Barun Chowdhury Aakriti Art Gallery - Kolkata, WB IN India From April 12 until April 27, 2008 Aakriti Art Gallery in Kolkata, India, presents The Season of Discontent: Paintings by Barun Chowdhury. Barun Chowdhury (b. 1971, dst. Midnapur, West Bengal) an almnus of the Calcutta Art College and the M.S. University's Fine Arts Faculty of Baroda, also had a stint of advanced training in print making in Glasgow on a Charles Wallace and The commonwealth art scholarship. But painting is what has been engaging him lately. Aakriti Art Gallery promotes their artists with a Gallery Portfolio at absolutearts.com. Read Indepth Article
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International Trends in Art and Design: Art and Style Fair 2008 Olma Trade Fairs St.Gallen - St. Gallen, CH Switzerland ART & STYLE St.Gallen Switzerland is the international fair and trade show for artworks and design-products in the region of four countries between Switzerland - Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein. The Art Event ART & STYLE is a trade and public fair and a Swiss and International Forum for galleries, artists and designers. The fair offers a forum of exchange for art dealers, artists and designers on all levels, the theoretical, the practical and the direct. Many international exhibitors will show their work personally to the public of St.Gallen, so the visitor can get the personal contact directly to many of the producers and artists. Exhibiting this year is Greg Gierlowski, who works in glass, both two and three dimensionally, as well as creates oils which are inspired by the luminescence of glass. Gierlowski has been a Premiere Portfolio Artist at absolutearts.com since 2001. Read Indepth Article
LACDA 'TOP 40' JURIED EXHIBIT Los Angeles Center For Digital Art - Los Angeles, CA USA United States of America The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art congratulates all of the entrants to the 'Top 40' LACDA Juried Competition, which runs from April 12 through May 3, 2008. "You have all made excellent contributions to the pioneering field of digital art and have made art history by participating in a new area of creativity and a new kind of competition," comments Rex Bruce, curator at the LACDA. Digital art defines the contemporary. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art is dedicated to the propagation of all forms of digital art, new media, digital video art, net art, digital sculpture, interactive multimedia, and the vast panorama of hybrid forms of art and technology that constitute our moment in culture. Read Indepth Article
Call for Artists: Scholarships Available for MFA Program Transart Institute, O.K. Center for Contemporary Art - Linz, AT Austria TRANSART INSTITUTE announced today that three scholarships of USD 15000 each are available for students from Eastern Europe and developing countries and six scholarships of 2000 and 1000 USD respectively are available to students from anywhere to participate in the international MFA program. In the highly individualized low-residency MFA program students create their own course of study working on art and research projects off-site with the support of faculty and self-chosen artist mentors. The independent study is complemented by three intensive summer residencies where lectures, critiques, seminars, performances, exhibitions, and workshops take place on-site in Europe. The low-residency format permits continuing a professional life while participating in the program. Read Indepth Article
Pulp Function: An Extraordinary Exhibition of Artwork Made from Paper Worcester Center for Crafts - Worcester, MA USA United States of America When you hear the word paper, are you thinking of the daily news? Recycling? The quicker picker upper? Think again. The Pulp Function exhibit at the Worcester Center for Crafts Gallery takes what you thought you knew about paper and turns that notion on its head. From April 17-May 26, 2008, move beyond the traditional function of pulp as emerging and established artists from across America revisit paper as a medium for art, including vessels, jewelry, clothing, furniture, books and sculpture. Read Indepth Article
The Season of Discontent: Paintings by Barun Chowdhury Aakriti Art Gallery - Kolkata, WB IN India From April 12 until April 27, 2008 Aakriti Art Gallery in Kolkata, India, presents The Season of Discontent: Paintings by Barun Chowdhury. Barun Chowdhury (b. 1971, dst. Midnapur, West Bengal) an almnus of the Calcutta Art College and the M.S. University's Fine Arts Faculty of Baroda, also had a stint of advanced training in print making in Glasgow on a Charles Wallace and The commonwealth art scholarship. But painting is what has been engaging him lately. Aakriti Art Gallery promotes their artists with a Gallery Portfolio at absolutearts.com. Read Indepth Article
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Pixel Perfect to Feature Work by J. Coleman MillerLED Digital Mural to Highlight Work by Cris OrfescuA Beautiful Distance: Work by Edem Elesh to be FeaturedThe Season of Discontent: Paintings by Barun ChowdhuryInternational Trends in Art and Design: Art and Style Fair 2008Gerhardt Thompson: The Sun-Drenched Nude (Photography) for FOTOFREO 2008Salon International 2008 to Feature Work by Jane MayerFili Plaza - Sculptures and JewelryItalia by MorantHonoring the Big Leaguers II (A Visual Metaphor) - Enriquillo AmiamaVolere Volare - Will to FlyThey Build Their Own Mountain: Photos by Don MurphyEUTERPE'S DISCIPLES - Classical, Latin, and Jazz Musicians by Suzi EvalenkoRichard Solstjarna to Exhibit During AprilThe Accessibility of Contemporary Art - New Book by Michael Corbin Helps “Everyday Joes” Become Art CollectorsExhibition to Feature Works by Edward LongoNumber Trance Face: Solo Exhibition by Rajinder SinghJulia Cake to be Featured on Cover of Spring 2008 IssueWild Life/ Wildlife: An Artist's ResponseAu Naturel: The Nude in the 21st CenturyYour First Stop for Art Online! Discover over 160,000 works of contemporary art. Search by medium, subject matter, price and theme... research over 200,000 works by over 22,000 masters in the indepth art history section. Browse through new Art Blogs. Use our advanced artwork search interface. Call for Artists, Premiere Portfolio sign-up for your Free Portfolio or create an Artist Portfolio today and sell your art at the marketplace for contemporary Art! Start a Gallery Site to exclusively showcase your gallery. Keep track of contemporary art with your free MYabsolutearts
Treasure hunt news
Valuable diamonds stolen in Paris
Thieves have stolen two diamonds worth about 11.5m euros (£7.82m) from a trade fair at one of Paris' top museums.
The gems were taken from a display case at an antique and jewellery dealers' show at the Louvre Museum complex.
The thieves pounced when employees left the Chopard booth for about 15 minutes, police were quoted as saying.
The BBC's Allan Little, in Paris, says the theft happened in broad daylight in one of the most public places in the city, and that there was no violence.
It appears that the display case was not alarmed, although there are many security cameras in the complex, our correspondent says.
Police described the apparent lack of security as "rare".
The biggest diamond stolen was a 47-carat jewel worth an estimated six million euros. The other stone taken was about 30 carats, worth 5.5 million euros.
Security measures for the exhibition were not connected to the security for the Louvre Museum itself, which houses some of the world's priceless works of art, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
The Antique Dealers Biennale at the Carrousel du Louvre, which began on 15 September and runs until 28 September, brings together more than 100 antiques and jewellery dealers.
Also on display at the Biennale was the 128.48-carat "Star of the South" - one of the world's most famous diamonds known for its pinkish-brown colour.
Cartier had put the precious gem up for sale.
Thieves have stolen two diamonds worth about 11.5m euros (£7.82m) from a trade fair at one of Paris' top museums.
The gems were taken from a display case at an antique and jewellery dealers' show at the Louvre Museum complex.
The thieves pounced when employees left the Chopard booth for about 15 minutes, police were quoted as saying.
The BBC's Allan Little, in Paris, says the theft happened in broad daylight in one of the most public places in the city, and that there was no violence.
It appears that the display case was not alarmed, although there are many security cameras in the complex, our correspondent says.
Police described the apparent lack of security as "rare".
The biggest diamond stolen was a 47-carat jewel worth an estimated six million euros. The other stone taken was about 30 carats, worth 5.5 million euros.
Security measures for the exhibition were not connected to the security for the Louvre Museum itself, which houses some of the world's priceless works of art, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa.
The Antique Dealers Biennale at the Carrousel du Louvre, which began on 15 September and runs until 28 September, brings together more than 100 antiques and jewellery dealers.
Also on display at the Biennale was the 128.48-carat "Star of the South" - one of the world's most famous diamonds known for its pinkish-brown colour.
Cartier had put the precious gem up for sale.
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