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Joe Dassin
Born in Monaco: the Iconic Place in Joe Dassin’s Hit
«To not pay taxes — one must be born in Monaco», sang the legendary Joe Dassin. This year, the French singer, known for his compositions L'Eté Indien and Et Si Tu N'existais Pas, would have turned 80, and this is an excellent occasion to look back on his career.
7 Nov, 2018
The Railway - Locomotive Of Monaco’s Prosperity
The Railway – Locomotive of Monaco’s Prosperity
Would you believe that Monaco was almost destined to be a sleepy little town, oblivious of the effects of modernity on all its neighbours. In 1850 all the major traffic passing between Nice and Menton and Genoa took the Grande Corniche and bye-passed the Principality.
24 Oct, 2018
Casanova
The Adventures of Casanova on the Côte d’Azur
The name of Casanova, alongside that of Lovelace and Don Juan, has long become a generic name. His amorous adventures are now legendary. He created some of those myths himself in his famous memoirs «The Story of My Life.
2 Sep, 2018
Monaco’s Mills that Disappeared over Time
Monaco’s Mills that Disappeared over Time
The mills that once existed in Monaco, today they are part of history. Only two places in the Principality serve as a reminder of the time when they were one of the pillars of Monaco’s economy.
1 Sep, 2018
Fitzgerald’s
Stranger than Fiction: the Real Lives that Inspired «Tender is the Night»
Behind the scenes and the characters that inspired one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best-selling novels. The glitz and the glamour were the flashy cover, but what lurked behind the enviable façade was the incandescent relationship between a narcissistic artist and his explosive muse.
28 Apr, 2018
François Miterrand
Visits of French presidents to Monaco: from François Miterrand to François Hollande
HelloMonaco continues its series of publications about the visits of the French presidents to the Principality of Monaco.
25 Mar, 2018
Umberto Bassignani
Umberto Bassignani — Italian sculptor in Monaco
Even though his masterpieces are familiar to almost every resident of Monaco, the life of this sculptor remains in the shadows for many of us. Umberto Bassignani is an Italian sculptor of Tuscan origin who conquered the Monegasque cultural environment in the 19th and 20th centuries.
4 Feb, 2018
François and Marie Blanc
François and Marie Blanc: on a tricky path to the dream and prosperity
Gambling in Monaco was first authorized by Prince Florestan I. He signed the law legalizing gambling two months before his death, in April 1856. However, it didn’t become official until December of that year with the opening of the first gambling house in the Palais de la Condamine.
14 Jan, 2018
Visits of French presidents to Monaco: from Felix Faure to Charles de Gaulle
Albert I and Rainier III knew very well that the principal task in the development of foreign connections was to create formal diplomatic channels, important elements of which were official visits.
5 Dec, 2017
Winston Churchill
The story of Winston Churchill’s Gambling in Monaco
Churchill had known about the casino of Monte Carlo and was in love with it for a long time. He had come here since the beginning of the century, at a time when, as a brilliant writer, he was earning the equivalent of 100.000 pounds a month in today’s money.
15 Oct, 2017
The Audiovisual Archives of Monaco tell their story
Since their creation in 1997, the Audiovisual Archives of Monaco has accumulated a very rich collection of professional and amateur films, photographs and audio files, coming from local and international institutions and Monegasque families.
6 Jun, 2017
Who’s out of the game in Monte Carlo?
One would be wrong to think that some entrepreneurs came up with the idea of a gambling house in Monaco. In fact, the founders of the first Monegasque casino were writer Albert Aubert and businessman Napoleon Langlois.
23 Sep, 2016
History of Monaco: from the ancient times to Prince Albert II
The earliest references to Monaco appeared in early Ancient times, when ‘the Rock’ and its natural harbour served as a refuge for local tribes and sailors coming from the East.
19 Sep, 2016
The history of Monaco: from Casino to the Prince of our days
From ancient times the Monaco Rocks (currently – the Monaco-Ville district, also known as La Rocher or the Rocks) and the natural port have served as the haven for the ancient tribes and the seafarers from the East.
11 Jul, 2013
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