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 Monaco. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Monaco has a 16th-century palace, a 19th-century cathedral in the Byzantine style, and a noted oceanographic museum, founded in 1910 by Prince Albert I. Auto racing is popular, and Monaco is home to both the Monte Carlo Rally and the Monaco Grand Prix.
In accordance with the 1962 constitution, Monaco is governed by the ruling prince (or princess), who is assisted by a minister of state (selected by the prince from three candidates nominated by France), a cabinet (the Council of the Crown), and the National Council, which is elected by universal suffrage every five years.
Monaco was under Spanish protection from 1542 to 1641, under French protection from 1641 to 1793, annexed to France in 1793, and under Sardinian protection from 1815 to 1861.
www.bartleby.com /65/mo/Monaco.html   (752 words)

  
 history
Monaco thus became, in spite of the small area of its territory, an important place whose possession was to become the subject, during the three centuries which followed, of continual strife, capture and recapture by the representatives of the two parties, the Guelphs and the Ghibellines.
The Rock of Monaco was in turn in the hands of the Ghibellines, the Dorias and the Spinolas, supporters of the Emperor and the Guelphs, the Fieschis and the Grimaldis, adherents of the Pope.
Monaco was also a signatory of several multilateral treaties such as the Paris Convention of 1883, the Berne Convention of 1886 and the Madrid Arrangement of 1891.
www.monaco-consulate.com /about_history.htm   (5111 words)

  
 F1A&G - FAQ
It is estimated that the 17 Grands Prix of the 1997 season attracted over 50 billion television viewers, while the printed press maintained a significant presence, with an average of 650 journalists and photographers traveling from all over the world to cover each event.
Originally, a Grand Prix could be held anywhere, but the increases in car performance have forced the FIA to impose stringent conditions on the layout, width and length of a circuit, as well as the surface, safety provisions and facilities.
In 1997, the fastest Grand Prix was the Italian, won by David Coulthard at an average of 238.036 kph (147.940 mph).
www.f1-grandprix.com /fia_faq.html   (7643 words)

  
 GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Monaco
Monaco is actually three villages which have grown into one: Monaco the rock - where the Grimaldi Castle sits; Monte Carlo, a village on the top of the cliff opposite; and La Condamine, a tiny port between the two.
Monaco is a track where the driver plays a more important role than the car and so the race has tended to be won by the best: Ayrton Senna won six times between 1987 and 1993, Graham Hill earned the name "Mr.
From time to time Monaco throws up a surprise: in 1972 Jean-Pierre Beltoise was untouchable in the wet but he never again won a Grand Prix.
www.grandprix.com /gpe/cir-047.html   (1153 words)

  
 Monaco
The Principality of Monaco or Monaco (French: Principauté de Monaco or Monaco; Monegasque: Munegu or Principatu de Munegu) is a city state and the second-smallest country in the world, wedged in between the Mediterranean Sea and France along the French Riviera or Côte d'Azur (The Blue Coast).
Monaco was re-founded in 1215 as a colony of Genoa.
Monaco has been ruled by the House of Grimaldi since 1297, when François Grimaldi seized the fortress protecting the famous rock while dressed up as a Franciscan monk; the only exception to this was from 1789 to 1814, when Monaco was under French control.
www.visiteuropeonline.com /cities/monaco.htm   (2589 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Monaco steers clear of once-shifty image   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Monaco, a strip of land three-quarters of a mile long on the Cote d'Azur, is on the southeastern-most part of France.
This week, for instance, is the 64th Monaco Grand Prix, where Formula One drivers race through the streets past the beaches, harbor and beneath "the rock," where Albert lives and rules from his Palace Princier, as his Grimaldi family has since 1297.
Monaco keeps tabs on who comes in by having guests surrender their passports at hotels, which send the information to a central registry to be checked.
www.usatoday.com /money/world/2006-05-22-monaco-usat_x.htm   (1871 words)

  
 GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | FORMULA ONE RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ...
This was true of the Le Mans circuit of the 1906 Grand Prix, as well as the Targa Florio (run on 93 miles of Sicilian roads), the German Kaiserpreis circuit (75 miles long), and the French circuit at Dieppe (a mere 48 miles), used for the 1907 Grand Prix.
The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first time in the history of the sport that the grid was deciding by timed qualifying rather than the luck of a draw.
The Grand Prix of Argentina was noteworthy as Moss, driving a Cooper, used one less pitstop and had to conserve his tires in the later stages of the race, just crossing the line with the canvas showing.
www.speedace.info /grand_prix_history.htm   (14761 words)

  
 Monaco Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online
Monaco’s television station, like that of Luxembourg, is aimed at the French market and has an audience out of proportion to its national population.
Monaco gave up half its territory to France in 1861; it was the transfer (of the communes of Menton and Roquebrune which lie between present-day Monaco and Italy) that made the principality an enclave entirely within French territory.
Monaco’s policy of not levying income taxes on its residents or on international businesses with headquarters in the principality led to serious disagreement with the French government in the 1960s since four-fifths of Monaco's population were French citizens.
www.columbiagazetteer.org /public/Monaco.html   (630 words)

  
 Guide and Travel Facts: Monaco, France
Monaco is home to one of the world's great automobile races, the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix.
The situation of the Palace is, of course, outstanding in that it overlooks the indented coastline east and west of Monaco.
A bone said to be from St. Devote, Monaco's patron saint, is housed in a golden, glass-enclosed case in one of the Cathedral's arched alcoves.
www.passports.com /trips/cityfact/cityfact.asp?city=Monaco   (1314 words)

  
 Joakim Bonnier - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
His greatest achievement in F1 was getting a victory for BRM in the 1959 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, when the notoriously unreliable car worked well for once (Dan Gurney and Hans Herrmann had bad crashes after brake failures).
He also won the 1960 German Grand Prix with a Porsche 718, a race held for Formula 2 in preparation for the rule change of 1961.
Bonnier 1966 in the Chaparral
during practise at the Nürburgring
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Joakim_Bonnier   (419 words)

  
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Grand Prix This is a full grand prix weekend, from practice to qualifying to warm-up to the race itself.
Grand Prix Challenge This gameplay mode presents ten challenges; each challenge must be successfully completed (by having the most points at the end of the challenge) in order to unlock the next challenge.
Monaco is perhaps the best example in current F1 racing of a circuit where a high TCS setting is highly favorable.
www.cheatcc.com /psx2/sg/grand_prix_challenge.txt   (20803 words)

  
 Australian Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Australian Formula One Grand Prix is a Formula One race held as part of the Formula One championship season.
The circuit whilst not as ridiculously as Monaco was notoriously tough on drivers gearboxes.
But after having used the Grand Prix knives for a year, and having them stay as sharp as new, and cut so effortlessly, I have to say that I'm truly enamoured, and it's made my time in the kitchen so...
www.freeglossary.com /Australian_Grand_Prix   (855 words)

  
 Louis Chiron - WOI Encyclopedia Italia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Louis Alexandre Chiron, born August 3, 1899 in Monte Carlo, Monaco – died there on June 22, 1979, was a champion of Grand Prix motor racing.
He learned to drive at a young age and joined the Grand Prix circuit after World War I where he had been requisitioned from the artillery section to serve as a chauffeur.
In what is now regarded as one of the fl moments of Chiron's life, at the party, in front of numerous race organizers, race drivers, and celebrities, Chiron denounced the female driver Hellé Nice by declaring that she had been an agent of the Gestapo during the war.
www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Louis_Chiron   (568 words)

  
 The 700 Years of Grimaldi
The restoration of Monaco to the heart of the Republic of Genova, which was for many at the time, considered a return to the former situation, although not considered so by the Grimaldi's.
During the course of his reign, one of the longest in the history of Monaco, Prince Rainier III intensified, expanded and diversified the enterprises committed to during the preceding three reigns : from the political, diplomatic, international, economic and social domains, to the educational, scientific, cultural, communications and sports domains.
Hereditary Prince Albert, Alexandre, Louis, Pierre, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux, was born on March 14, 1958.
www3.monaco.mc /monaco/700ans/grimaldi.html   (2684 words)

  
 Monaco History :: I love Monte Carlo
Monaco history is marked by the ruling of the House of Grimaldi.
It alludes to the conquest of Monaco in 1297.
In 1815, Monaco was designated a protectorate of Sardinia and in 1861 Monaco's sovereignty was recognized by the Franco-Monegasque Treaty.
www.ilovemontecarlo.com /learn/monaco-history.html   (492 words)

  
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Monaco has a taxation treaty only with France, and even this treaty, which forms part of the 1963 portmanteau agreement between France and Monaco, is not a double taxation treaty in the traditional sense.
It provides for income tax to be levied against French nationals who have or will transfer their residence to Monaco (see Personal Taxation), the imposition of business profits taxes on certain categories of companies and the exchange of information.
In 1956, Prince Rainier married Grace Kelly (1929–82), an American motion-picture actress, and a male heir was born in 1958.
www.lycos.com /info/monaco-monaco-kelly-people.html   (527 words)

  
 FORMULA ONE RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | GRAND PRIX RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND ...
The grands prix, some of which have a history that predates the Formula One World Championship, are not always held on the same circuit every year.
The Bahrain Grand Prix along with other new races in China present new opportunities for the growth and evolution of the Formula One Grand prix franchise while also raising the bar for other Formula One racing venues around the world.
The glamour and history of the Monaco race are the primary reasons the circuit is still in use, since it does not meet the strict safety requirements imposed on other tracks.
www.speedace.info /formula_one.htm   (4145 words)

  
 Ferrari
Monaco and Ferrari are synonymous with excitement and style, the Ferrari Team shown here typifies everything that surrounds the famous marque.
Eddie Irvine's victory at the Austrian Grand Prix in July 1999, driving the Ferrari F399 V10 in his bid to win the World Championship after Michael Schumacher crashed at Silverstone.
Collins and Hawthorn in the pits with their Ferrari 246 F1 cars at the 1958 British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
www.sportart.com.au /en-us/dept_7.html   (428 words)

  
 Grand Prix de Monaco 2001
The Grand Prix of Monaco with it`s glamorous atmosphere, thank God demanding an only dead with Lorenzo Bandini being killed back in 1967, will be held on the street circuit of Monte Carlo, until a car will crash into a grandstand making hundreds of spectators killed.
In 1975 the Italian won his only Grand Prix at Austrian Zeltweg in a very heavy rain with a works March Ford - and was so happy about his victory that he crashed into the pit wall after passing the finish line.
Some hours after the Grand Prix of Monaco 2001 he scored a double victory in the Indianapolis 500 with the young Brazilians Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran with cars bought from Dallara.
www.research-racing.de /Monaco2001-4.htm   (1036 words)

  
 History Trust of South Australia
1958 saw Lotus enter its first Formula 1 Grand Prix in Monaco.
It was Graham Hill’s first GP drive and whilst not successful at his first attempt he went on to become known as ‘Mr Monaco’ after winning that race 5 times.
Believed to be the only car in SA with Grand Prix history, the Lotus will be accompanied by information about its history and technical specifications.
www.history.sa.gov.au /media_releases/release12.htm   (468 words)

  
 The F1 FAQ
It was only the second Australian Grand Prix and the teams and Goodyear thought they had a handle on the toughness of the street circuit.
The oldest to attempt to start a Grand Prix was the great of the 30's and 40's Louis Chiron who was the oldest to both qualify and attempt to qualify for a Grand Prix.
He started the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix at the age of 55 years and 292 days, and tried to qualify for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix at the age of 58 years and 288 days.
www.atlasf1.com /99/bri/preview/faq.html   (1991 words)

  
 Automotive historic limited editions prints pictures and lithographs.
Jim Clark was clearly the greatest racing driver of his time, this close up print show him driving at the British Grand Prix in 1967, in the Lotus 49 with the Cosworth DFV engine, this was to be his last home victory before his accident at Hockenheim which claimed his life.
This limited edition print shows Tony Brooks winning the 1958 Belgium Grand Prix, he is driving the Vanwall and is followed by Mike Hawthorn in the Ferrari D246.
This was Graham Hills first of five victories at Monaco, the artist is Michael Turner and the edition is 850.
www.sportart.com.au /historic.htm   (1207 words)

  
 Rob Walker
In 1960 Sir Stirling Moss won the first of 79 Grand Prix overall for the Colin Chapman founded team - in a Lotus Climax 18 entered by the Scottish Rob Walker team, whose cars were not raced in the famous British Racing Green, but in the very special dark blue livery of Scotland.
Rob Walker won 9 Grand Prix with his professionally organized crew, more than many works entries in the history of this sport, the last one in 1968 with Jo Siffert behind the steering-wheel of a Lotus Ford 49.
But the partnership between Walker and Surtees, in spite the lack of a Grand Prix victory a pretty successful one, ended suddenly in winter 1973/74.
www.research-racing.de /RobWalker.htm   (496 words)

  
 Monaco Hotel - Guide of Hotels in Monaco, France.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
It consists of four adjoining quarters-La Condamine, the business district; Monte Carlo, the site of the famous casino; Monaco-Ville, the capital, atop a rocky promontory; and Fontvieille, an area of light industry built largely on reclaimed land.
In accordance with the 1962 constitution, Monaco is governed by the ruling prince, who is assisted by a minister of state (traditionally French), a cabinet (the Council of the Crown), and the National Council, which is elected by universal suffrage every five years.
In 1956, Prince Rainier married Grace Kelly (1929-82), an American motion-picture actress, and a male heir was born in 1958.
www.hotels-france-travel.com /ville/monaco/monaco-hotel.htm   (681 words)

  
 Preview
May 18, 2002 - The Grand Prix de Pau is an event that gives a young driver the chance to race on a circuit steeped in history.
The first race in this picturesque city in the south of France, home to King Henri IV, was in 1899 with the first Grand Prix contested here in 1901 while the first official French Grand Prix took place in 1930 with the layout of the track being changed in 1933 to it's current configuration.
The circuit has many similarities to the more famous street circuit in Monaco, with the uphill section leading into a hairpin, many more hairpin turns and short straights, all the while with the ever present barriers lining the track to nab the unwary.
www.danmcmullen.com /pau_preview.htm   (374 words)

  
 Grand Prix Racing - the whole story (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Monaco is unique, and to many the annual blast round the streets of the tiny principality represents the jewel in the crown of Formula One.
It is also unique in that for many of the drivers the race is run on their doorstep, with the same streets they use for a daily trip to the newsagents, transformed into a race track.
Monaco is approximately twenty minutes from Nice by train and the fast road link, primarily the A7 highway, make travelling by car or taxi an easy option.
www.gpracing.net192.com.cob-web.org:8888 /circuits/2.cfm   (996 words)

  
 United States Grand Prix
When Fangio started in the inaugural British Grand Prix before King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on May 13, 1950, at Silverstone, he was just 43 days shy of his 39th birthday.
Fangio also retired in his first race, but in the next one, the Monaco Grand Prix, he won the pole and the race and was on his way to legendary status.
The Italian Grand Prix on Sept. 14 was Schumacher’s 191st F1 start, and he is only 34.
www.usgpindy.com /news/story.php?story_id=1922   (1002 words)

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