Les Moneghetti ( ) is the north-central
ward
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in the
Principality of Monaco
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, bordering neighboring France. Moneghetti was incorporated in
La Condamine
La Condamine (; ) is the central ward and a quartier in the Principality of Monaco. The quartier's landmarks include Port Hercules, the Rainier III Nautical Stadium, and the Princess Antoinette Park. Its farmers' market, at ''Place d'Armes, ...
.
Overview
Situated in an area where the
Alps
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...
drop into the
Mediterranean Sea
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, Les Moneghetti has
steep inclines.
Its contains the Church of the Sacred Heart (), built between 1926 and 1929 as a
Jesuit
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church, which became the neighborhood's
parish church
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in 1965, and which is also the headquarters of the Monegasque national scouting organization
AGSM.
Monaco's only railway station, the
Monaco-Monte-Carlo station
Monaco-Monte-Carlo station ( French: ''Gare de Monaco-Monte-Carlo''; Monégasque: ''Staçiun de Munegu-Munte-Carlu'') is the sole railway station in the Principality of Monaco, though part of it is located in Beausoleil, France. It is served by ...
() is located in Les Moneghetti, and is served by scheduled trains of the French state-owned railway company SNCF, on the
Marseille–Ventimiglia railway line.
Monaco's small military garrison, the
Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince
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, also has barracks in Les Moneghetti.
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The area is also home to the International University of Monaco business school.
Transport
The district is crossed by the Boulevard de Rainier III and the Boulevard du Jardin Exotique, as well as the Boulevard Belgique (Belgium). Other streets include Rue Bosio, Rue Louis Aureglia, Rue Augustin vento and Rue Malbousquet.
See also
* Municipality of Monaco
The Municipality of Monaco (; ) is the only administrative division of the Principality of Monaco, and is coterminous with the state as a whole. It only borders France and it is in Europe.
Political order
The municipal system is determined by t ...
References
External links
Quarters of Monaco
France–Monaco border crossings
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