The Most Renowned Recovered Paintings Ever

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1. Mona Lisa

La Gioconda is not only the most renowned recovered painting ever, but probably the world’s most famous one entirely and its fame came mainly from its theft. In 1911 Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece was stolen from the Louvre by Vincenzo Perruggia, an Italian patriot who believed that the Mona Lisa should be in its homeland. Right now, if you want to see this painting with your own eyes you just have to visit the Louvre in Paris, where it is enclosed in a bulletproof glass.

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