Louvre shuts over concerns of weak floor beams as iconic gallery closes in another blow just weeks after £76m heist

THE Louvre has been forced to close one of its most iconic galleries just weeks after thieves stole £76million in precious jewels.

Bosses of the world-famous museum have announced a precautionary lockdown in the Campana Gallery due to health and safety concerns around floor beams.

An audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building which houses the Campana Gallery.

It will be closed to the public while investigations are conducted into “certain beams supporting the floors of the second floor” above it, a statement said.

The gallery houses nine rooms dedicated to ancient Greek ceramics and is located on the first floor in the Sully wing.

The room above it which has the structural issues is currently used as an office space.

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It comes after Louvre boss Laurence des Cars warned in a memo back in January about a “proliferation of damage in museum spaces, some of which are in very poor condition”.

Poor conditions in some areas were even said to be at risk of “endangering the preservation of artworks”.