Come home, Mona Lisa!

Again Louvre refuses to exhibit the most famous painting in Italy, Uffizi  Gallery. http://www.english.rfi.fr/node/97439
The last time Italy had seen Mona Lisa was exactly 100 years ago, in 1911, thanks to great Italian patriot and a thief Vincenzo Peruggia. It was the only time the painting was stolen, and so simple - Vincenzo was a carpenter and Louvre employee, he entered during the work hours, hided in the closed, took the painting, hided it under his coat and left. Like this! He was a patriot and thought that Mona Lisa should be in Italy, exhibited in Italian museum. He was caught 2 years later, trying to sell it to the directors of Uffizi Gallery, Florence (by other version - to the Florentine antique dealer Alfredo Geri). Mona Lisa made a tour around Italian museums and came back to France and Vincenzo went to jail. But only for 6 months, judge kind of felt for the guy and, actually, so do I. I wish Mona Lisa was here, at the end of the day she's Italian.

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