France has threatened Art Asylum

War threatened treasures from countries such as Syria and Iraq can have a safe haven in a few years in northern France.

'The primary purpose of the facility in Liévin is to house the stored collection of the Louvre,' Hollande said during a visit to the construction site. His idea to make it open for endangered art, he will propose in December at a conference on this subject in Abu Dhabi.

The construction of the collection building starts next year. If everything goes according to plan, it opens its doors in 2019. A few kilometers away at Lens since 2012, the museum Louvre-Lens. There are exhibited works from the collection of the most visited museum in the world.