The Oceanographic Museum of Monaco

Type: Interesting

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Production Associazione vivere la montagna. Luca Bettosini.
The Principality of Monaco is an independent city-state in Western Europe.
Entirely surrounded by France, it overlooks the Ligurian Sea and is about 10 km from the Italian-French border. It is one of the oldest states in the world, having existed continuously since the end of the 13th century; its origin is generally attributed to the initiative of Francesco Grimaldi, a Guelph nobleman from Genoa who deftly took possession of a castle built there, owned by a rival Ghibelline; having accomplished this feat by sneaking into the manor disguised as a monk, the circumstance also gave the name to the lordship that arose and later became a state. As an independent sovereign state, it was born only in 1815 following the Restoration.

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