1919年以来丢失的137克拉钻石在加拿大银行保险库中被发现,藏匿了超过一个世纪。 A 137-carat diamond lost since 1919 has been found in a Canadian bank vault, hidden for over a century.

一个叫佛罗伦萨钻石(Florentine Diamond)的137克拉黄色梨形钻石,自1919年奥斯特罗-匈牙利帝国垮台以来,据信已丢失,该钻石在加拿大银行保险库中藏了超过一个世纪。 A 137-carat yellow pear-shaped diamond known as the Florentine Diamond, believed lost since 1919 after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, has been found hidden in a Canadian bank vault for over a century. 这颗宝石曾经由佛罗伦萨美第奇家族拥有,后来又由哈布斯堡家族拥有,在二战期间被秘密运到瑞士,然后运到加拿大,以躲避纳粹的迫害。 The gem, once owned by Florence’s Medici family and later the Habsburgs, was secretly transported to Switzerland and then to Canada during World War II to escape Nazi persecution. 查尔斯一世皇帝的遗孀齐塔太后,只委托她的儿子去寻找它的位置,并指示他们将它隐藏在1922年逝世后100年。 Empress Zita, widow of Emperor Charles I, entrusted only her sons with its location and instructed them to keep it hidden for 100 years after his 1922 death. 现在,她的子孙们已经确认她的安全保管,并计划在加拿大博物馆公开展示,作为该国战时庇护所的纪念品,而无意出售它。 Now, her descendants have confirmed its safekeeping and plan to publicly display it in a Canadian museum as a tribute to the country’s wartime refuge, with no intention to sell it.