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The Florentine Diamond Was Thought to Be Lost to History. It’s Actually Been Safely Tucked Away in a Canadian Bank Vault All Along
Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma wanted the jewel's location to be kept secret for 100 years after the death of her husband, ...
Recent reports indicate that a collection of jewels associated with Empress Sissi of Austria and Zita of Bourbon-Parma, the ...
The legendary Florentine Diamond, a 137-carat yellow gem long thought lost, has been found in a bank vault in Canada ...
Palest yellow and large as a quail’s egg, the Florentine Diamond is among history’s most fabled gemstones. Its 137 carats, intricately cut, passed through the hands of one European dynasty after ...
Zita of Bourbon-Parma (Zita Maria delle Grazie Adelgonda Micaela Raffaela Gabriella Giuseppina Antonia Luisa Agnese; 9 May 1892 – 14 March 1989) was the wife of Charles, the last monarch of ...
Weighing over 130 carats, the yellow Florentine is among the world’s most valuable diamonds—but for the last 100 years, its ...
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