List of public art in Monaco
This is a partial list of public art in Monaco. It includes statues, memorials, monuments, and contemporary works of visual art on public display.
Images may be missing from this list, due to no freedom of panorama provision in the copyright law of Monaco for public artworks.
By ward
[edit]Fontvieille
[edit]| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statue of Princess Grace | Princess Grace Rose Garden, Fontvieille 43°43′37.98″N 7°25′9.43″E / 43.7272167°N 7.4192861°E |
Kees Verkade | Bronze | ||||||
| Le Poing ("The Fist") | Fontvieille Park, Fontvieille | César | Bronze | [1] | |||||
| Cavalleria Eroica | Fontvieille Park, Fontvieille | 1987 | Arman | [1]
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Larvotto
[edit]| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexa Grace (The Sky, The Sea, The Land) | Roof terrace of the Auditorium Rainier III, Grimaldi Forum, Larvotto 43°44′17″N 7°25′46″E / 43.73806°N 7.42944°E |
1979 | Victor Vasarely | Enamelled pumice stone | [2] | ||||
| La Petite Sirène (The Little Mermaid) | Promenade du Larvotto, Larvotto beach | 2000 | Kristian Dahlgard | Metal, Bronze |
|
La Condamine
[edit]| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulysses | Port Hercules, La Condamine | Anna Chromy | |||||||
| Statue of Juan Manuel Fangio | Quai Antoine 1er, La Condamine 43°43′57.04″N 7°25′21.2″E / 43.7325111°N 7.422556°E |
2003 | Joaquim Ros Sabaté | Bronze | Unveiled by Professor Jurgen Hubbert on 23 May 2003.[3] | ||||
| Statue of Louis Chiron | Quai Albert 1er, La Condamine | ||||||||
| Statue of William Grover-Williams | La Condamine | 1991 | François Chevallier | Bronze | Unveiled by Prince Rainier III in 1991.[4]
|
Monaco-Ville
[edit]| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Statue of Prince Albert I | St Martin Gardens, Monaco-Ville 43°43′47.32″N 7°25′26.3″E / 43.7298111°N 7.423972°E |
Francois Cogne | Bronze | |||||
| Statue of François Grimaldi ("Malice") | Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monaco-Ville 43°43′52.54″N 7°25′14.68″E / 43.7312611°N 7.4207444°E |
1997 | Kees Verkade | Bronze | |||||
| Statue of Prince Rainier III | Rampe-Major, Monaco-Ville | 2013 | Kees Verkade | Bronze | Unveiled by Prince Albert II, Princess Charlene, Princess Caroline, and Princess Stephanie on 18 November 2013.[5] | ||||
| Melodie | St Martin Gardens | 1984 | Arman |
|
Monte-Carlo
[edit]| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Monument to Hector Berlioz | Avenue de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo 43°44′18.49″N 7°25′41.43″E / 43.7384694°N 7.4281750°E |
1903 | Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm | Marble | Inscribed "On 18 February 1893 the immortal work of Berlioz La Damnation de Faust received its first performance at the Théâtre de Monte Carlo under the auspices of His Royal Highness Prince Albert I of Monaco" [6] | |||
|
Monument to Jules Massenet | Avenue de Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo 43°44′19.15″N 7°25′40.77″E / 43.7386528°N 7.4279917°E |
1914 | Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm | Marble | The monument lends its name to the Massenet corner on the Circuit de Monaco.[7] | |||
| Sky Mirror | Casino Place, Monte-Carlo 43°44′21.81″N 7°25′38.8″E / 43.7393917°N 7.427444°E |
1999 | Anish Kapoor |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Dana Facaros; Michael Pauls (1 July 2007). South of France. New Holland Publishers. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-1-86011-358-1. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Bernhard Abend; Peter M. Nahm; Fritz Nohr (1995). Baedeker Provence/Cote D'Azur. Automobile Association. ISBN 978-0-7495-1139-5.
- ^ "Fangio Statue Unveiled in Monaco". Autosport. 23 May 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ Kate Walker. "Blast from the Past, William Grover-Williams". The Bugatti Revue. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "La famille princière de Monaco dévoile une statue du prince Rainier III". Nice Matin. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Berlioz and Monaco". The Hector Berlioz Website. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
- ^ Demar Irvine (January 1994). Massenet: A Chronicle of His Life and Times. Amadeus Press. ISBN 978-0-931340-63-5.
