“The most decisive infrastructure, however, was undoubtedly the arrival of the railway in 1868, which was also partly financed by François Blanc. The Paris-Monaco line totalling 1,182 km was then the longest railway line in France, and the determining factor that opened Monaco up to the rest of E
"The first gaming room opened its doors in 1856. There were many problems, however, and things were off to a chaotic start" / "In 1898, the Casino’s Atrium took on its present-day form: a magnificent vestibule with 28 marble columns (all in imitation marble, except one!)"
“To Catch a Thief by Alfred Hitchcock (1955), La Baie des Anges (Bay of Angels) by Jacques Demy (1963), Never Say Never Again by Irvin Kershner (1983), Ocean’s Twelve by Steven Soderbergh (2004), Iron Man by Jon Favreau (2008), HeartBreaker by Pascal Chaumeil (2010) and several James Bond films
"Back in 1872, a shooting range with the latest equipment was set up behind the Casino, thus offering a magnificent view of the sea. It drew the best shots from all over Europe and became a meeting place for European nobility, industrialists and other wealthy foreigners."
“Summer holidays were not self-evident in the 19th and early 20th centuries, where the French Riviera was first and foremost a place to spend the winter. In the 1920s, a new kind of tourism came about in the summer, and the SBM found itself poorly equipped to cater to this new trend”
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Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo Société des Bains de Mer
