Exhibition Rainier III, the Builder Prince: an ambition for Monaco - 20 July to 31 December 2023 - Quai Antoine I Exhibition Hall, Monaco

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The Department of Cultural Affairs is hosting Prince Rainier III, the Builder Prince, organised as part of the centenary of his birth.

Acting as Commissioners to develop and bring the retrospective to life are French journalist, writer, television and radio host, producer and actor Stéphane Bern, and Christian Curau, architect and curator of the Prince's Palace of Monaco.

A visionary, Prince Rainier III launched the post-war Principality into an era of economic prosperity, urban development and regional expansion.

He gave the Principality the new political, legal and constitutional infrastructure it needed to build a modern state.

The exhibition illustrates how Prince Rainier III was committed both to historical continuity and innovation, and even revolutionary in his approach to urban planning, driven by a single ambition: ensure the prosperity and well-being of Monegasques, to whom he was bound as much by affection as by a constitutional oath.

Commissioners: Stéphane Bern and Christian Curau

Design: Coraline Delorme and Thomas Guillaume

Open from 1 pm to 7 pm, Tuesday to Sunday.

Closed on Mondays and on 19 November and 25 December.