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Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monte Carlo Casino, Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and 7 more — what each one is, and why it is worth the detour.
Chosen from everything Wikidata knows about Monaco and ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions describe them, which is about as close to "famous" as open data gets.
Official residence of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco
Where Monaco's Sovereign Prince officially lives: a palace that began in 1191 as a fortress of Genoa. Over a long and often dramatic history, many foreign powers have bombarded and besieged it.
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 4.0
Casino in Monte Carlo, Monaco
Officially the Casino de Monte-Carlo, a complex in Monaco for gambling and entertainment. Besides a casino, it houses the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and the offices of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.
Photo: Fruitpunchline, CC BY-SA 4.0
Catholic church building in Monaco
Once called the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, and informally the Cathedral of Monaco: the seat of the Archdiocese of Monaco, a Roman Catholic church in the Monaco-Ville ward, consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the Immaculate Conception.
Photo: User:Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0
Opera house in Monaco
An opera house within the Monte Carlo Casino, in the Principality of Monaco.
Photo: Gilbert Bochenek, CC BY-SA 3.0
Luxury hotel in Monaco
A luxury hotel standing on Monte Carlo's Place du Casino, which opened its doors in 1864 when the Société des Bains de Mer was developing Monaco.
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 3.0
Mountain on the border between France and Monaco
A mountain of the Maritime Alps on the France–Monaco border. Its summit, 1,148 metres (3,766 ft) above sea level, is in France, but Monaco's own highest point, on a path called Chemin des Révoires, lies on its slopes at 161 metres (528 feet).
Photo: Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0
Event venue in Monaco
An international event venue in Monaco's Larvotto ward, opened in 2000 and named after the House of Grimaldi, Monaco's historic ruling family. It holds approximately 120 events a year and receives 250,000 visitors.
Photo: Grimaldi Forum Monaco, CC BY-SA 4.0
Botanical garden in Monaco
A botanical garden on a cliffside in Monaco, first opened in 1931, mainly showing exotic succulents.
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain
Highest point in Monaco
A path in the Les Révoires district of the Principality of Monaco, and the country's highest point.
Photo: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Skyscraper in Monaco
A double skyscraper in the Principality of Monaco, the first high-rise built in the city-state since the 1980s.
Photo: Nik, CC BY-SA 4.0
Officially the Principality of Monaco, a sovereign city-state and microstate of Western Europe on the French Riviera: a semi-enclave with France to its north, east and west and the Mediterranean to its south, with Italy's Liguria region about 15 km (9.3 mi) to the east. Its 38,423 people live on 2.08 km² (0.80 sq mi), making it the world's most densely populated sovereign state and, after Vatican City, the second smallest.
Officially The Principality of Monaco. Known locally as Monaca, Múnegu.
Based on the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0: the facts are Wikipedia's, the wording is this site's.
This guide lists 10: Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monte Carlo Casino, Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Opéra de Monte-Carlo and others.
By machine, from open data, with no human ranking them and nobody able to pay for a place on the list. Everything Wikidata records in Monaco that is a building, a landform, a protected area or a tourist attraction, has coordinates, a photograph and an English Wikipedia article, is ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions wrote about it. Provinces, cities, airports, stations and stretches of sea shared with the neighbours are filtered out.
French, Monégasque. The currency is EUR.
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