Monaco

The cathedral of the Archdiocese of Monaco on the Rock of Monaco-Ville, built of white La Turbie stone in the Romanesque-Byzantine style to designs by architect Charles Lenormand. Its foundation stone was laid in 1875, construction finished in 1903, and it was consecrated in 1911 on the site of the 13th-century Church of Saint Nicolas. Inside stand a white Carrara marble high altar, an eighteen-panel Renaissance altarpiece painted around 1500 by Louis Bréa, and a monumental organ of nearly 7,000 pipes. Its ambulatory also serves as the burial place of the Princes of Monaco.

Rue Colonel Bellando de Castro, Monaco-Ville, 98000 Monaco

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The sole Anglican parish church in the Principality of Monaco, situated on Avenue de Grande-Bretagne in Monte-Carlo on land donated by the legendary Polish-French operatic tenor Jean de Reszke and consecrated on February 12, 1925 within the Church of England's Diocese in Europe, cherished for its intimate Mediterranean stone architecture, stained-glass memorials, and English-language library.

Official Anglican Parish Church of the Principality of Monaco within the Church of England's Diocese in Europe (Archdeaconry of France and Monaco)22 Avenue de Grande-Bretagne, Monte-Carlo, 98000 Monaco, Principality of Monaco

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The sole official synagogue and Jewish community center of the Principality of Monaco, rooted in the Association Cultuelle Israelite de Monaco founded in 1948 and named in memory of the renowned Lebanese-Jewish banker and philanthropist Edmond J. Safra, inaugurated in its grand new home at Villa Ispahan overlooking the Mediterranean on March 28, 2017 in the presence of Prince Albert II and Mrs. Lily Safra.

Official Synagogue and Seat of the Jewish Religious Association of the Principality of Monaco (Association Cultuelle Israelite de Monaco - ACIM)Villa Ispahan, 27 Boulevard du Larvotto (historically founded at 15 Avenue de la Costa), Monte-Carlo, 98000 Monaco, Principality of Monaco

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Monaco's most cherished national shrine nestled at the mouth of the Gaumates Ravine beside Port Hercule and the famous Formula One corner, documented since 1070 on the spot where the boat bearing the martyred body of Saint Devota from Corsica washed ashore in the fourth century, renowned for the annual royal Boat-Burning ceremony on January 26 and the tradition of Princely brides laying their wedding bouquets upon its altar.

Historic Parish Church and National Shrine of the Patron Saint of the Principality of Monaco, the Archdiocese of Monaco, and the House of Grimaldi1 Place Sainte-Dévote, Ravin des Gaumates by Port Hercule, La Condamine, 98000 Monaco, Principality of Monaco

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A seventeenth-century Baroque gem on the Place de la Mairie atop the historic Rock of Monaco-Ville, built beginning in 1639 under Prince Honore II as the seat of the Brotherhood of the Black Penitents (Archiconfrerie de la Misericorde), housing a celebrated pearwood Crucifixion sculpted by Monaco-born Neoclassical master Francois Joseph Bosio and serving as the point of departure for the ancient Good Friday Procession of the Dead Christ.

Historic Baroque Religious Monument on the Rock of Monaco-Ville and Seat of the Venerable Archconfraternity of Mercy (Black Penitents) of the Principality of MonacoPlace de la Mairie, Rue Basse, Old Town on the Rock of Monaco-Ville, 98000 Monaco, Principality of Monaco

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