Exhibition “Preserving the Mediterranean. RAMOGE, a pioneering agreement for 50 years”
Exhibition “Preserving the Mediterranean. RAMOGE, a pioneering agreement for 50 years” is organized in the lobby of the Ministry of State from June 29 till October 30, 2026.
The exhibition is jointly prepared by the National Archives of Monaco and the Executive Secretariat of the RAMOGE Agreement, in partnership with the Archives of the Prince’s Palace and the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco, entitled “Preserving the Mediterranean: RAMOGE, a pioneering agreement for 50 years”.
Signed on May 10, 1976, in the Throne Room of the Prince’s Palace—a unique event in the contemporary history of Monaco for an agreement of this type—at the initiative of Prince Rainier III, the RAMOGE Agreement unites France, Monaco, and Italy around the protection of the marine environment and the coastline of an area initially extending from Saint-Raphaël to Genoa, and later expanded from the mouth of the Rhône to that of the Magra. For half a century, this pioneering instrument of trilateral cooperation has been carrying out concrete actions in the areas of marine biodiversity, pollution control, and raising awareness of Mediterranean environmental issues. Fifty years after its signing, it remains at the forefront, the only agreement in the Mediterranean combining anti-pollution measures with biodiversity preservation.
The exhibition retraces the genesis, history, and major achievements of the Agreement through archival documents, photographs, educational materials, testimonials, and animated images. It presents, in particular, previously unseen documents from the RAMOGE Agreement collection, deposited at the National Archives of Monaco in 2025, as well as documents from the Prince’s Government, the Palace Archives, the Monaco Audiovisual Institute, and French and Italian diplomatic archives. The collections of the Oceanographic Institute and the Monaco Scientific Centre have also been used, as well as press articles, especially from the newspapers Nice-Matin and Il Secolo XIX.
A QR code allows visitors to access an English version on the RAMOGE website, and a visitor’s guide in Italian is available on site. This exhibition also benefits from a bilingual French-Italian traveling version, currently on display at the Genoa Maritime Station since May 28, before traveling to France in the fall.
Finally, it is available virtually on the RAMOGE Agreement website and will also be available on the National Archives website starting next November.
