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Monaco City (French: Monaco-Ville [mɔnakɔ vil]; Monégasque: Mùnegu Autu) [1] is the southcentral ward in the Principality of Monaco. [2] Located on a headland that extends into the Mediterranean Sea , [ 3 ] it is nicknamed The Rock (French: Le Rocher ; Monégasque: A Roca ).
Today, the Rock is in the oldest of Monaco's four quarters, Monaco-Ville, which is also the location of Old Town, the oldest part of the city, not far from the Prince's Palace (French: Le Palais Princier), home of the current monarch Albert II and the princely family, the Cathedral and the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco.
Museum of Old Monaco (French: Musée du Vieux Monaco) is a museum of Monaco’s material heritage. It displays ceramics, paintings, furniture and costumes, as well as sets out scenes of daily life from Le Rocher, Monaco's Old Town. [1] The fundamental mission of the museum is to preserve Monegasque identity. [2]
The Oceanographic Museum was inaugurated in 1910 by Monaco's modernist reformer Prince Albert I, [2] who invited to the celebrations not just high officials and celebrities but also the world-leading oceanographers of the day to develop the concept of a future Mediterranean Commission dedicated to oceanography, now called Mediterranean Science Commission.
Villa Blanchy in Monaco-Ville. The urban history of Monaco and its villas has, until recently, been subject to poor documentation and archiving. [1] As of 2016, Monaco still had no official preservation laws governing historic buildings. In 1960 Prince Rainier III established the Monaco Economic Development Corporation to attract new business ...
Statue Palais Princier on Le Rocher- "La science découvrant les merveilles de l'Océan"- This statue, standing outside the Palais Princier, was created in 1914 by Constant Roux in hommage to Prince Albert 1st of Monaco and to commemorate the 25th year of his reign.
The Museum of the Chapel of Visitation (French: Museé de la Chapelle de la Visitation) is an art museum and Roman Catholic chapel in the Monaco-Ville ward of Monaco. [1] The baroque chapel dates from the 17th-century.
Monaco's military defence, however, is still the responsibility of France. [23] Prince Albert II succeeded his father Prince Rainier III in 2005. [24] Monaco's mild climate [25] with historical sites and modern gambling casinos, [26] make Monaco a popular tourism and recreation centre in the 21st century, with 4.1 tourists per resident as of ...