Napoleonic booty

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WHS that contained structural parts and works of art which were confiscated by the French Army from 1794 onward, until the Congress of Vienna in 1815 ordered the restitution of the works. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_looting_of_art.

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  • Aachen Cathedral
    Inscribed: 1978
    3.73
    434
    18
    Marble Columns Of The Aachen Cathedral (Never Returned)
  • Verona
    Verona
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2000
    3.60
    493
    12
    San Zeno Altarpiece: "While The Main, Central Scene Was Returned By The French To Verona In 1815, The Three Predella Paintings In Verona Today Are Copies, Since The Original Ones Remain In France At The Louvre (Crucifixion) And In The Musée Des Beaux-Arts In Tours (Resurrection And Agony In The Garden)"
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Venice and its Lagoon
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.51
    834
    18
    In April 1797, The French Removed The Lion Of Saint Mark And Famous Bronze Horses Of Saint Mark (Among Many Other Pieces Of Art).
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Florence
    Inscribed: 1982
    4.45
    806
    15
    "From March 1799, After Florence Was Occupied By The French Armies, Jean-Baptiste Wicar Chose Which Paintings Would Be Taken From The Palazzo Pitti And Sent To Paris.[19]: 120  In Total, 63 Paintings And 25 Pieces Of Pietre Dure Were Taken From Florence.[3]: 96  In 1803, The Venus De' Medici Was Exported To France At The Express Order Of Napoleon"
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • El Escurial
    Inscribed: 1984
    3.36
    330
    13
    "Rom El Escorial Palace, General Horace Sébastiani And Marshal Jean-De-Dieu Soult Claimed Many Spanish Paintings, Particularly Murillos, While General Jean Barthélemy Darmagnac Claimed Mostly Dutch Works From The Collection.[3]: 135  Soult Took So Many Spanish Paintings For Himself That His Collection Eventually Made Up A Significant Portion Of The Louvre's "Spanish Gallery" After His Death."
    See En.Wikipedia.Org
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.41
    369
    10
    "The Crowning With Thorns, Which Was Painted In Around 1542 By Tiziano Vecellio, Used To Be In This Second Chapel. This Great Altarpiece Was Requisitioned By Napoleon At The Beginning Of The 19th Century, And Is Now Exhibited At The Louvre Museum."
    See Cenacolovinciano.Org