A petty theft that put the Palace of Versailles in turmoil.
Monday January 3 around 11:00 p.m., a young man of 19, after having climbed two gates and broken a window, entered the former royal residence.
The security agents detect the presence of the individual and report it to the police, who apprehend him around 11:30 p.m.
Result of the trip, a few Ladurée macaroons stolen. “
He was enjoying one, sitting on a bench. He also drank hydroalcoholic gel
, ”said a source close to the file relayed by the 78actu site. The police detecting mental disorders in the suspect then took him to hospital as part of his police custody. His condition does not seem
“compatible with legal proceedings”
, according to the same source
.
If the castle lodged a complaint for intrusion on a protected cultural site, it nevertheless puts the seriousness of the event into perspective:
“The most important thing is that no material damage to the castle's collections is to be deplored. A window is not an element classified in the same way as a column, a sculpture or gilding. We have teams responsible for the maintenance of the operational site on site who manage this type of repair which comes under routine maintenance
, ”explains the monument's communication.
Despite a substantial security system combining human surveillance seven days a week, day and night, several alarm systems, surveillance cameras and a permanent link with the police, the Palace of Versailles is not far behind. his first incident.
In October 2020 in particular, a man was arrested after entering the royal enclosure at night.
Aged 31, he arrived in a taxi, wore a sheet and "
took himself for a king
", described the driver who alerted the police.
On their arrival on the spot, the police observed a broken French window glass before finding the man and proceeding to his arrest.
"These intrusion attempts did not result in any damage to the building or theft in our collections, proof of this that the systems in place are working
", concludes the castle.
