Thieves stole four works attributed to Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina worth millions of euros from the regional museum in the city of Messina in Sicily while crowds gathered across town for the traditional Assumption holiday celebrations, cultural officials and Italian media said on Sunday.
The thieves bypassed alarm and security systems on Saturday evening at the MuMe museum, making off with three of the five surviving panels of the San Gregorio Polyptych, dated to 1473, as well as...
Thieves steal 4 Renaissance artworks worth millions in Sicilian museum robbery
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August 16, 2026
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Source: South China Morning Post | https://www.scmp.com/rss/91/feed - Read Original
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