About La Rousse

La Rousse – A Russa in Monégasque – is the northernmost quarter of the principality and one of the few with no shoreline of its own: it hangs on the hillside above Larvotto, bordered by France to the north and east, and historically part of the traditional quarter of Monte-Carlo.

It holds Monaco's two tallest silhouettes. L'Annonciade, by Jean and José Notari, reaches 111 metres; the Tour Odéon, designed by Alexandre Giraldi and completed in 2015, rises 170 metres over 49 floors – the tallest building in the principality – on Boulevard du Ténao. Between the towers stand the Chapelle de l'Annonciade, Fabrice Notari's Église des Carmes on Boulevard d'Italie, and the Villa Riberi of 1908 by Victor Isouard.

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What to see in La Rousse

Odeon TowerThe Odeon Tower (French: Tour Odéon; Monégasque: Turre Odeu̍n) is a double-skyscraper in the Principality of Monaco. It was the first high-rise in the…Nik · CC BY-SA 4.0

chapel of the Annunciade of MonacoAimelaime · CC BY-SA 4.0 Chapelle Sainte Thérèse - Les Carmes

Riberi VillaAlkhimov Maxim · CC BY 3.0 Pluie de RosesArtwork

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La Rousse on the map

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Every street in La Rousse – 12 street guides

Getting around

Bus lines in La Rousse: 1, 4, N1 (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.

Wikipedia (en): La Rousse

Wikipedia (en): List of tallest buildings in Monaco

Wikidata: Église des Carmes (Q15958518)

Wikidata: Villa Riberi (Q138820359)

Photo: Aimelaime / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0