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Café de Paris
Did You Know? How the British King Edward VII baptised a popular Monegasque dessert
Any tourist visiting Monaco for the first time heads straight for its main and most popular Casino Square, home to Monte-Carlo's most iconic institutions — the Casino, Hôtel de Paris and the Café de Paris. The latter is well worth not just seeing from the outside, but actually visiting.
14 Feb, 2025
Alain Delon in Ramatuelle, Cannes, Nice and Monte-Carlo…
Alain Delon in Ramatuelle, Cannes, Nice and Monte-Carlo… The azure suited him so well!
Whether in front or behind the camera, Delon’s extraordinary presence will stay with us. All he had to do was enter a room and time seemed to stand still. We will remember his angelic face (having capsized the hearts of young girls and their mothers so much).
6 Feb, 2025
Duras: How a Prince, a Grimaldi Marriage & a Château Made History
Duras: How a Prince, a Grimaldi Marriage & a Château Made History
In a moment rich with historical resonance, Prince Albert II of Monaco returned to the picturesque village of Duras in the Lot-et-Garonne.
3 Feb, 2025
Skis and Snowball Fights: When it Snows in Monaco!
Skis and Snowball Fights: When it Snows in Monaco!
It’s been a cold winter! With snow in the forecast for Monaco this week and warm places like Texas receiving 6 centimetres of snow recently, many Monegasques still remember one fateful day in 1985, when the Principality was hit with a record-breaking 40 cm of snow! Everything from the.
31 Jan, 2025
Enrico Caruso: The Legendary Tenor's Enduring Connection with Monaco
Enrico Caruso: The Legendary Tenor’s Enduring Connection with Monaco
Enrico Caruso, born on February 25, 1873, in Naples, emerged from humble beginnings as a steelworker's son to become one of the most iconic tenors in the history of opera.
29 Sep, 2024
Monaco Celebrates Marcel Pagnol 50 years after his Death
A black and white projection tells a much-loved tale set in a beautiful town in the South of France. Villagers celebrate the day a baker decides to move to their town. Freshly baked bread is all that was missing in their idyllic lives.
15 Sep, 2024
Villeneuve-Loubet's Rich History
Villeneuve-Loubet’s Rich History: A Journey Through Princely Connections
Villeneuve-Loubet has an extraordinary history woven into the journey through time of the Grimaldi family. And history does not stop there with those personalities and royalty that held its Fortress safe and roamed its forests.
13 Sep, 2024
Polignac Family
“Mountain Kings”. The Polignacs, French ancestors of the Monaco Princes
Prince Rainier III’s centenary is a great occasion to bring up his ties with the Polignac family. Son of Count Pierre de Polignac and Princess Charlotte of Monaco he ascended the throne of Monaco in 1949.
29 Aug, 2024
The tragic fate of Marcel Proust's Monegasque secretary
The tragic fate of Marcel Proust’s Monegasque secretary
The writer Marcel Proust, author of one of the most significant works of world literature of the 20th century, the seven-volume epic “In Search of Lost Time” died almost 100 years ago.
27 Aug, 2024
Françoise Hardy
Françoise Hardy, the Monaco representative at the 1963 Eurovision
Having inspired several generations of French people, Françoise Hardy, singer, actress, style icon of the 1960s, passed away in Paris at the age of 80.
20 Aug, 2024
Ollioules, the last refuge of a powerful bishop from the Grimaldi family
Ollioules, the last refuge of a powerful bishop from the Grimaldi family
Destiny works in mysterious ways. Lost and then serendipitously found, the traces of important members of the Grimaldi family surface miraculously. It’s a tale of passion and the determination of a researcher looking for detailed clues in parish registers.
28 Jan, 2024
Did you know? “L'Eden”, the first magazine about Monaco
Did you know? “L’Eden”, the first magazine about Monaco
With a large selection of magazines and newspapers now dedicated to Monaco, one would struggle to imagine the Principality having only one printed publication. Back in the day, it was the journal “L'Eden” presently known as “Journal Officiel de Monaco”.
14 Jan, 2024
Larvotto's rich history
The first hydroplane and two extensions into the sea: Larvotto’s rich history
You must have certainly heard of the Monaco Larvotto district! This unique part of the Principality is a favourite with its residents and tourists alike. A list of what it is famous for may be quite long.
7 Jan, 2024
The Princely Palace
Did You Know? Grimaldi and Doria: love and hate are just one step apart
Despite a long and common history, at times the two have been poles apart. One is inseparable from the history of Dolceacqua the now small Imperia town on the Italian/French border, which was once more closely linked to its ruling family in the powerful city of Genoa.
3 Nov, 2023
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