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Monte Carlo (French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
: Monte-Carlo, Occitan: Montcarles, Monégasque

Monégasque language

Mon?gasque is a Romance language and a dialect of the modern Ligurian language , which is spoken in Monaco. It is rather similar to the language spoken in Genoese dialect, but differs from its neighbour languages Intemelian and Mentonasque....
: Monte-Carlu) is one of Monaco

Monaco

Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe . The territory lies on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea....
's various administrative areas, sometimes erroneously believed to be a town or the country's capital. The official capital is Monaco-Ville and covers all quarters of the territory.

Monte Carlo is known for its casino

Casino

A casino is, in the modern sense of the word, a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other tourist attractions....
s, gambling

Gambling

Gambling is the wikt:wager#Verb of money or something of material Value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods....
, glamour, and for sightings of famous people. The permanent population is about 3,000.

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Monte Carlo (French

French language

Monégasque language

Monaco

Casino

Gambling

Monte Carlo Casino

The Monte Carlo Casino is one of the most famous tourist attractions of Monaco.The casino complex is a gambling facility which also includes the Grand Th??tre de Monte Carlo, an opera and ballet house, and the headquarters of the Ballets de Monte Carlo....
is located.It also includes the neighborhoods of Saint-Michel

Saint-Michel

Michel is French language for Michael. In most cases, Saint-Michel refers to Michael . Numerous places are named after him....
, Saint-Roman

Saint-Roman

Saint-Roman is a Communes of France in the Dr?me Departments of France in southeastern France....
/Tenao, and the beach community of Larvotto

Larvotto

The Larvotto is one of the quartiers of Monaco. It was formerly a part of the traditional quartier of Monte Carlo.Larvotto is also the name of the main public beach in Monaco....
. It borders the French

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
town of Beausoleil

Beausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes

Beausoleil is a communes of France in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France. It adjoins the Principality of Monaco....
(formerly known as Monte-Carlo-Supérieur).

Founded in 1866, Monte Carlo has a name of Italian origin meaning "Mount Charles". Named in compliment to the prince then reigning, Charles III of Monaco. The specific mountain is the escarpment at the foot of the Maritime Alps

Maritime Alps

The Maritime Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between the France d?partement in France Alpes-Maritimes and the Italy province of Cuneo....
on which the town stands.

Monte Carlo is home to most of the Circuit de Monaco

Circuit de Monaco

Circuit de Monaco is the name given to a motor racing circuit laid out on the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine around the harbour of the principality of Monaco....
, on which the Formula One

Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
Monaco Grand Prix

Monaco Grand Prix

The Monaco Grand Prix is a Formula One race held each year on the Circuit de Monaco. Run since 1929, it is widely considered to be one of the most important and prestigious automobile races in the world alongside the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Le Mans ....
takes place. It Also hosts world championship boxing

Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
bouts, the European Poker Tour

European Poker Tour

The Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity. It is a series of televised poker Poker tournament similar to those in the World Poker Tour ....
Grand Final and the World Backgammon Championship as well as fashion shows and other events. Although the Monte Carlo Masters

Monte Carlo Masters

The Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, a Communes of France that borders on Monte Carlo, Monaco....
tennis tournament is billed as taking place in the community. Its actual location is in the adjacent French commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin is a communes of France in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France in southeastern France between Monaco and Menton. The name was changed from Roquebrune due to increasing urbanization in the French Riviera....
. Monte Carlo has been visited by royalty as well as the general public and movie stars for decades. The quarter of Monte Carlo was served by tramways

Tramway de Nice et du Littoral

The Tramway de Nice was a Tram system serving the city of Nice, France. The tramway began operations on 27 February 1879 using horse drawn tramcars....
from 1900 to 1953, linking parts of Monaco

Monaco

Monte Carlo Rally

The Monte Carlo Rally is a rallying event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organizes the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix and the Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique....
is one of the longest running and most respected car rallies

Rallying

Rallying is a form of motor competition that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars....
, and marks the start of each rally season as the first event on the World Rally Championship

World Rally Championship

The World Rally Championship is a rallying series organised by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer....
calendar, but the rally takes place outside the Monte Carlo quarter.

Monte Carlo is one of Europe's leading tourist resorts, although many of the key tourist destinations are located in other parts of Monaco, including such attractions as Monaco Cathedral, the Napoleon Museum

Napoleon Museum

The Napoleon Museum in Monte Carlo, Monaco is a museum of artefacts which once belonged to the French Emperor Napoleon I of France....
, the Oceanographic Museum

Oceanographic Museum

The Oceanographic Museum is a museum of marine sciences in Monaco-Ville, Monaco....
and aquarium, and the Prince's Palace

Prince's Palace of Monaco

The Prince's Palace of Monaco is the official residence of the Prince of Monaco. Founded in 1191 as a Republic of Genoa fortress, during its long and often dramatic history it has been bombarded and besieged by many foreign powers....
, all of which are located in Monaco-Ville

Monaco-Ville

Monaco-Ville is the original fortified town of Monaco....
.

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