Famed Florentine diamond surfaces in Canada after century-long disappearance

6 novembre 2025 | Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Empress Zita brought stone to Canada as Nazis took over Europe in 1940s and it remained in bank vault ever since At the height of the Battle of Britain, when the UK government needed a secret location to store 186,332 gold bars, it turned to Canada. Shipped across the Atlantic and stored beneath (…)
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