Monte Carlo is a district of the Principality of Monaco

Panoramic views and giant photos visible on three grades of enlargement

© Dr Giuseppe Mazza

The reproduction even partial of the photos without the author’s written permission is forbidden

Monte Carlo: cruise vessels and the hanging gardens

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

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

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 and the façade of Monte Carlo Opera

Rococo decorations on the façade of Monte Carlo Opera

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

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

The atrium of the Casino of Monte Carlo

The gaming room “Europa” of Monte Carlo Casino

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

The Hall Touzet of Monte Carlo Casino

Hall Touzet ceiling with glass window in Monte Carlo Casino

The François Médecin room of Monte Carlo Casino

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

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.

Monte Carlo: the Casino and the Hôtel de Paris

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

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

Monte Carlo the main hall of the Hôtel de Paris

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Villa Miraflores entrance, side Avenue Saint Michel

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

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

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

The open air market of Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo: Avenue de Grande Bretagne

Monte Carlo: the business centre of the Métropole

Monte Carlo: Boulevard d’Italie

Other enlargeable panoramic views of the Principality of Monaco