BOBIGNY, France: The owners of a 17th-century French palace said to be the model for Versailles were tied up as their opulent home was ransacked Thursday by robbers who fled with a haul worth €2 million , police said.
The thieves targeted a safe and stole emeralds and other items, but did not attempt to make off with the chateau's works of art. "The owners are doing fine and the chateau remains open for visits as usual," the palace's management told AFP.Patrice de Vogue opened the estate to the public in 1968, and it is now run by the couple's three sons.
Fouquet spent the rest of his life in jail. The monarch then seized the palace and moved its most precious artworks and other objects to Versailles.
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