About La Condamine

La Condamine is the low ground between the Rock and Monte-Carlo, the quarter that lives behind Port Hercule. Its name is medieval: from the Low Latin condominium, the land below the castle kept for the lord and free of dues.

At the foot of the valley stands the Église Sainte-Dévote, the shrine of Monaco's patron saint, a third-century martyr from Corsica whose relics, the story goes, were stolen by thieves who were caught and saw their boat burned – the origin of the boat set alight in front of the church every year on the eve of her feast. The church was restored in the nineteenth century; its marble altar is eighteenth-century.

La Condamine is where the Grand Prix starts and finishes, along the quay. The valley was once crossed by a railway viaduct; the trains now run underground, and the viaduct carries a road between the port and Monte-Carlo. Between the harbour and the slopes the streets are the principality's most everyday – shops, cafés, the market square – a working town under the Palace walls.

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Monaco Top Cars CollectionThe Exhibition of HSH The Prince of Monaco's Car Collection is an automobile museum in the La Condamine district of Monaco. The museum exhibits the pe…Gael13011 · CC BY 3.0

Port HerculesPort Hercules is the only deep-water port in Monaco. The port has been in use since ancient times. The modern port was completed in 1926, and underwe…Filip Maljkovic · Public domain

Circuit de MonacoThe Circuit de Monaco is a 3.337 km (2.074 mi) street circuit laid out on the city streets of Monte Carlo and La Condamine around the harbour of the P…otterboris · CC BY 3.0 1932 Monaco Grand PrixThe 1932 Monaco Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Circuit de Monaco on 17 April 1932. It was the fourth edition of the Monaco Grand P…

Yacht Club de MonacoThe Yacht Club de Monaco (YCM) is a yacht club in Monaco. Founded in 1953 by Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, it is closely associated with the Fédérati…Banderas · Public domain

temple protestant de MonacoAimelaime · CC BY-SA 4.0 Louis Notari LibraryThe Louis Notari Library (French: Bibliothèque Louis Notari) is the National library of Monaco, founded by Prince Albert I in 1909. It has been the le…

statue of Juan Manuel FangioThe statue of Juan Manuel Fangio (French: Statue de Juan Manuel Fangio) is a bronze statue in Monaco, placed at Avenue du Port in the district of Mont…Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0 port de Monaco

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Events in La Condamine

1929Monaco Grand PrixEvery year in late spring, on the streets of Monte-Carlo and La Condamine – since 1929
1911Monte Carlo RallyEvery year in January, finishing in Monaco – since 1911
1991Monaco Yacht ShowEvery year in September, in Port Hercule – since 1991
2015Monaco ePrixIn spring, on the Grand Prix circuit – since 2015
·Historic Grand Prix of MonacoEvery two years in spring, on the Grand Prix circuit

Recurring events, from Wikipedia and Wikidata. This year's dates are on the organisers' own sites.

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Getting around

Bus lines in La Condamine: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, BB, N1, N2, X1, X3 (Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco).

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Sources

Quartier boundary, buildings, streets and places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. Sights: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons. Buses: CAM GTFS (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Sun: VERA PI's model, Copernicus GLO-30 terrain. The text: VERA PI.

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