A bomb alert was sounded on October 14 at the historic Palace of Versailles, located in Versailles commune that is close to the French capital of Paris, APA reports citing Mint.
The visitors present at the palace were evacuated by the local authorities and security personnel, and the site was shut down till further orders.
The alert was issued after an anonymous message related to the bomb threat was received online, news agency AFP reported, citing sources privy to the matter.
This came hours after the Louvre Museum in Paris was evacuated and shut down due to “security reasons".
The closure of the Louvre and Palace of Versailles comes a day after France raised the level of alert following the murder of a teacher in the country's northern city of Arras.
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