📅 The day the Mona Lisa vanished (1911)
Back home, the Mona Lisa still hangs in the Louvre behind bulletproof glass.
Where: The Louvre, Paris
📅 On This Day: August 21
August 21, 1911: The day the Mona Lisa vanished. On 21 August 1911, the Mona Lisa disappeared from the Louvre in Paris. The thief was a museum worker who had helped build the painting's glass case, and he was caught two years later trying to sell it in Florence, Italy.
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🧠 Question of the day
In which city was the Mona Lisa found?
- Florence
- London
- New York
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Answer: Florence
Questions
What happened on August 21?
August 21, 1911: The day the Mona Lisa vanished. It happened in The Louvre, Paris.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa