{"id":244013,"date":"2025-10-22T16:43:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/?p=244013"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T13:44:27","slug":"treasures-and-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/treasures-and-treasures\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasures and \u201cTreasures\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"453\"><em><strong>by Christos Zabounis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"33\" data-end=\"453\">The value of the royal jewels stolen a few days ago from the <em data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"111\">Mus\u00e9e du Louvre<\/em> is estimated at 88 million euros, while the \u201cTatoi Collections,\u201d which can be explored on its dedicated digital platform, include around 70,000 items. In the first case, the value is truly priceless due to the historical significance of the <em data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"361\">bijoux<\/em>; in the second, it seems more a case of sensationalism, since even the books are counted. The differences between the two palaces are equally striking. The Louvre, even back when it served as a royal residence, housed works of art \u2014 and today, it is the most visited museum in the world (8,700,000 visitors). Tatoi, by contrast, was purchased in 1877 by King George I with funds from the family of his wife, Olga \u2014 niece of the Tsar of Russia \u2014 to serve as a country retreat. Those who have visited it are often disappointed by its modest size, as one tends to imagine \u201cpalaces\u201d rather differently. It is worth emphasizing another crucial distinction between the two estates. For decades now, the Louvre has been repurchasing the royal jewels that the French Republic sold in 1884, as it considers them part of the nation\u2019s cultural heritage. The Greek Republic, however, after 1974, has allowed Tatoi to decay. It is remarkable \u2014 and troubling \u2014 how we have handled not only the royal property that passed illegally into public ownership (see the condemnation by the European Court of Human Rights and the compensation paid from taxpayers\u2019 money), but also the Olympic venues, which should, as in Barcelona, stand as landmarks of national pride. Let me close on a hopeful note: after half a century of deterioration and theft, Tatoi is finally being restored. At the Louvre, they are still searching for the thieves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Christos Zabounis The value of the royal jewels stolen a few days ago from the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre is estimated at 88 million euros, while the \u201cTatoi Collections,\u201d which can be explored on its dedicated digital platform, include around 70,000 items. In the first case, the value is truly priceless due to the historical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":244009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18496],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244015,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244013\/revisions\/244015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mancodestyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}