Monte Carlo is a district of the Principality of Monaco
 

 

 

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Monte Carlo, cruise vessels, hanging gardens

Monte Carlo: cruise vessels and the hanging gardens

Terraces of the Casino of Monte Carlo

These huge pensile Palms of the Terraces of the Casino of Monte Carlo incredibly live in just 60 cm of soil

Monaco Principality, Casino Terraces

Adam and Eve sculpture by Botero on the Casino Terraces in Monte Carlo, and the mosaic “Sea, Sky and Land”, by Vasarely.

Monaco Principality, Auditorium Rainier III

The International Feline Exhibition prizes awarding at the Auditorium Rainier III in Monte Carlo, in presence of H.R.H. the Princess of Hanover, and of Mrs. Martine Woolf, President of the Association Féline de Monaco.

Casino Terraces, Monaco Principality

Casino Terraces and the façade of Monte Carlo Opera

Rococo decorations, Monte Carlo Opera, Monaco Principality

Rococo decorations on the façade of Monte Carlo Opera

Belle Époque statue, Casino, Monaco Principality

Belle Époque statue on the seaside façade of the Monte Carlo Casino

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality

The Monte Carlo Casino entrance, lighted by the sun only in summer, is one of the most photographed sites of the Principality.

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality

The atrium of the Casino of Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality

The gaming room “Europa” of Monte Carlo Casino

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality, Belle Époque frescoes

Belle Époque frescoes in the “Europa” hall of Monte Carlo Casino

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality

The Hall Touzet of Monte Carlo Casino

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality

Hall Touzet ceiling with glass window in Monte Carlo Casino

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality

The François Médecin room of Monte Carlo Casino

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality, Belle Époque frescoes

The frescoes by Armand Ségaud in the room François Médecin of the Casino of Monte Carlo show the four parts of the day: morning, noon, evening and night.

Monte Carlo Casino, Monaco Principality

Monte Carlo Casino “White Room”, with the modern games in a Belle Époque look

Monte Carlo Opéra, Port Hercule, Monaco Principality

The Monte Carlo Opéra Princes’ entrance, the Terraces of the Casino, and the Port Hercule, seen from the Grill terrace of the Hôtel de Paris.

Casino and Hôtel de Paris, Monaco Principality

Monte Carlo: the Casino and the Hôtel de Paris

Hôtel de Paris, Opera, Monaco Principality

The Hôtel de Paris and the Monte Carlo Opéra Princes’ entrance

Belle Époque decoration Opera Monte Carlo

Belle Époque decoration and “Allegory of Dance”, by Henri Cordier, near the Princes’ entrance to the Opera of Monte Carlo.

Monte Carlo, Hôtel de Paris, Monaco Principality

Monte Carlo the main hall of the Hôtel de Paris

Monte Carlo, Hôtel de Paris, Monaco Principality

Monte Caro: the “Salle Empire” of the Hôtel de Paris

Hôtel de Paris, Monaco Principality, fresco by Paul Gervais

Monte Carlo: fresco by Paul Gervais at the “Salle Empire” of the Hôtel de Paris

 Hotel Hermitage, Monaco Principality

Monte Carlo: the “Winter Garden”, designed by Gustave Eiffel, at the Hotel Hermitage

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Monte Carlo: Belle Époque bas-reliefs and frescoes of the Hotel Hermitage

 Hotel Hermitage, Cardiac-Thoracic Centre, Monaco Principality

Monte Carlo: the Hotel Hermitage, the Monégasque Institute of Sport Medicine and Surgery and the Cardiac-Thoracic Centre.

Yacht Club, Monaco Principality

The spectacular building, evoking a ship, of the Yacht Club of Monaco

Golden Square Monte Carlo, Monaco Principality

Avenue de la Costa, Avenue St. Michel and Boulevard des Moulins: the “Golden Square” of Monte-Carlo

Golden Square Monte Carlo, Villa Belle Époque, Monaco Principality

Villa Miraflores is an intact evidence of Monte Carlo milieu at the time of the Belle Époque

 

Monte Carlo, Villa Belle Époque, Monaco Principality

Villa Miraflores entrance, side Avenue Saint Michel

Villa Girasole, Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco

The Villa Girasole (Sunflower Villa), other evidence of the Belle Époque, restructured with ecological criteria for the energy conservation, hosts the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco created by H.R.H. the Prince Albert II of Monaco for the protection of the biodiversity and the problems related to the climate changes and the lack of water

Tourist Office Monte Carlo, Monaco Principality

Monaco Government Tourist and Convention Office on the upper part of Casino Gardens

Carré d'Or, Monte-Carlo, Monaco Principality

Splendid flowered balconies in a recent building sited in the “Carré d’or”, on the other side of the Casino Gardens. From left, Polygala myrtifolia, Echium candicans, Podranea ricasoliana in flower, Phoenix roebelenii, Rosmarinus officinalis var. prostratus, Strelitzia nicolai and up a Chamaerops humilis. Almost a small Botanical Garden

Flowered balcony, Boulevard des Moulins, Monaco Principality

Flowered balcony with Chamaerops humilis and Agave attenuata in a Belle Époque house in Boulevard des Moulins

The open air market of Monte Carlo

The open air market of Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo: Avenue de Grande Bretagne

Monte Carlo: Avenue de Grande Bretagne

Monte Carlo: business centre of Métropole

Monte Carlo: the business centre of the Métropole

Monte Carlo: Boulevard d'Italie

Monte Carlo: Boulevard d’Italie

 

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