It is just a city quarter of Monaco, but Monte-Carlo (or Munte-Carlu in local language) is very well known: for the Rallye Automobile de Monte-Carlo but especially for the famous casino. The Casino de Monte Carlo building surrounded by a park high above Port Hercule dates back to the year 1858 and even if you’ve never been there you’ve probably seen it before: in James Bond movies like Casino Royale (2006), Golden Eye (1995) or Never Say Never Again (1983). Getting into it is rather cheap (17 Euros) – but you need to wear a suite and a tie.
The casino was founded in 1854 and first resided in a villa. Reason for allowing gambling was for sure to generate revenue for the country. It is still today run and owned by the Société des Bains de Mer et du Cercle des Étrangers à Monaco (SBM) which typically had to give 20 % of the profit to the state; for some centuries Monaco was purely financed by gambling. The casino has attracted many billionaires and dubious figures; later the prince decided to rather open his country for tourists. Today the casino is an icon, but it has a much lower importance.
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