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The Rock in 1890 Monaco in 2011. The early history of Monaco is primarily concerned with the protective and strategic value of the Rock of Monaco, the area's chief geological landmark, which served first as a shelter for ancient peoples and later as a fortress.
François Grimaldi was the leader of a group of Genoese that seized the Rock of Monaco. His cousin Rainier was the first Grimaldi ruler of the area now known as Monaco. Rainier I, Lord of Cagnes (1267–1314) Under Genoese control from 10 April 1301 to 12 September 1331 Lords of Monaco: Charles I (?–1357) 12 September 1331 15 August 1357
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Monaco, [a] officially the Principality of Monaco, [b] is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is a semi-enclave bordered by France to the north, east and west.
History portal; Art of Europe; Geologic time scale; List of fossil sites with link directory. List of timelines around the world. Logarithmic timeline shows all history on one page in ten lines. Orders of magnitude (time) Periodization for a discussion of the tendency to try to fit history into non-overlapping periods. Time. Planck Time
Monaco history-related lists (5 P) Monuments and memorials in Monaco (3 P) D. Defunct organisations based in Monaco (1 C) E. Historical events in Monaco (6 C, 2 P) G.
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CIA Factbook Entry for Monaco; History of Monaco: Primary documents (in French) Order of the doctors of Monaco (in French) La Principauti - The first monthly newspaper of Monaco, available also on line in 3D version "Official Statistical Report 2006 (with detailed information about the 10 wards)" (PDF) (in French). (1.24 MiB)