Cathedral of Our Immaculate Lady of Monaco
On the top of the Roca de Monaco- Ville stands the cathedral of the Principality, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception (Notre- Dame- Immaculée). Built between 1875 and 1903 in Neorromanic style on the site of the first parish church of Monaco, it was consecrated on June 11, 1911 and is the seat of the Monegasque archbishop.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- It occupies the place of the first parish of the Principality, the church of St. Nicholas founded in 1252 and demolished in 1874; on that secular memory began in 1875 the present temple dedicated to the Immaculate, completed in 1903 and consecrated on June 11, 1911.
- It retains an altarpiece of about 1500 attributed to the painter niçardo Louis Bréa, and its main altar and the episcopal chair are carved in white marble of Carrara.
- He is the pantheon of the Grimaldi family: there rest, among others, Prince Rainier III and his wife Gracia, Princess Grace of Monaco.
- Every January 27, the solemnity of Saint Dévota and the national feast, the Archbishop of Monaco celebrates in the cathedral a pontifical mass with the Prince's family, followed by the procession of the relics of the patron in the port.
Immaculate of Monaco
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Crown the Rock of Monaco as the Marian heart of the Principality. Between the marble of Carrara and the ancient altarpiece of Bréa, the princes of the Grimaldi house rest under the look of the Mother conceived without sin.
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