Monaco

• Monaco is a tiny Independent State between France and Italy which is governed as the Principality of Monaco and has been ruled by the House of Grimaldi since 1297 CE. The Capital and Port of Monte Carlo is famed for its Casinos.
• It was a Roman harbour called Portus Herculis Monaeci and located in the Province of Alpes Maritimae.

History

• Monaco was originally settled in the 6th century BCE by the Phocaean Greeks.
• The Port was named Portus Herculis because Hercules was thought to have passed through the area.
• A Temple of Hercules is referred to in Roman sources, but no Temple has ever been found.

Photo and map: Port Hercule, Monaco