Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene celebrated the 50th anniversary of the RAMOGE Agreement for preserving the Mediterranean by inaugurating a new exhibition at the Ministry of State building on 26 June 2026. The “Preserving the Mediterranean RAMOGE: A Pioneering Agreement for 50 Years” exhibition retraces five decades of cooperation between Monaco, France and Italy.
“Fifty years after its signing, it remains at the forefront, the only agreement in the Mediterranean combining anti-pollution measures with the preservation of biodiversity,” says a recent press release by the National Archives of Monaco.
Prince Rainier’s initiative
The agreement was signed in Throne Room of the Prince’s Palace in 1976 at the initiative of Prince Rainier III. The agreement outlines 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 the Magra river.
The exhibition traces the origins, history, and major achievements of the Agreement through archival documents, photographs, educational materials, testimonials, and animated images. It also features previously unseen documents from the RAMOGE Agreement collection, added to the National Archives of Monaco in 2025. Documents from the Prince’s Government, the Palace Archives, the Monaco Audiovisual Institute, and French and Italian diplomatic archives are all on display.
To create the exhibition, organisers consulted collections of the Oceanographic Institute and the Scientific Centre of Monaco, along with press articles, particularly from newspapers like Nice Matin and Il Secolo XIX.
Virtual Exhibition
An English version of the exhibition is available via a QR code that takes viewers to the RAMOGE website. A visitor’s guide is available in Italian on site. For those who are not in Monaco, a virtual exhibition is on the RAMOGE Agreement website and will also be available on the National Archives website starting in November.
Exhibition goes on tour
A bilingual French-Italian version of the exhibition is now on tour. It is currently on display at the Genoa Maritime Station (since May 28) and will travel to France in the fall.
Created by RAMOGE and the National Archives of Monaco, with the support of the Archives of the Prince’s Palace and the Audiovisual Institute of Monaco, the exhibition is free and runs until 30 October 2026.
