MONACO STATE

Monaco state has been selected by Roberto Amati in relation to the real history of european integration, then enlisted in the EUROPEAN STATES category, accompanied by own fact SHEET useful to the comprehension, completed of historical MAPS AND IMAGES or with a direct linking to the related Blog contents dedicated to the aeternitas and the future of Europe.

Monaco is an aeternitas of the history of european integration that will have influence on the future of Europe. The name given by the inhabitants is PRINCIPATO DI MONACO with the official national languages of Italian and French (belonging to the group of Italic family) spoken by the citizens who today live in the premiership Principality of Monaco, together with the residents of others European peoples speaking also English. Monaco is situated in central-western Europe over the Alps: it looks southward on the Ligurian Sea while is completely sourrounded by France. The territory of Monaco is mostly mountainous and the climate is typically mediterranean all year.

The history of Monaco began with the settlements of Alpines people (as you can read in this article) who had been followed by the Italics then by the Allobrogi tribes of Celts during La Téne cultures epoch. They all had been submitted by Romans and included into the ResPublica Romana in II century B.C. and within the reform of Augustus (see Roman Empire) Monaco was included in the Viennensis province, that with the reform of Constantine I (see Christian Empire) became part of the NovemPopuli diocesi.

At the falling of Western Roman Empire, that region was conquested by the german tribes of Westgoths who formed the Regna Ostrogotorum in 376 A.D. under the Amali dinasty, until the Franks defeated them in 509 A.D. and annexed Monaco to the Regna Francorum under rule of Merovingian dinasty: the Regna christianorum had been one of the turning point of the history of european integration because some times later they were crowned by the Christian Church of Rome then moved to annex the other regna and with the renovatio imperii reform of Charlemagne the land of Monaco entered in the Carolingian Empire ruled directly by the Carolingian dinasty. When it was divided in 843 A.D. with the Verdun treaty, Monaco was included in the Regna Lotharingia (the eastern area over the Meuse-Moselle-Rhone line) under control of the Carolingians until 855 A.D. when Monaco became part of the Regna Provenza ruled until 933 A.D. by the Bosoni dinasty, then ceded to the Regna of Arles/Burgundy until 1033 A.D. when was annexed to Reich Empire, even if enjoyed the special autonomy with the ancient roman Provenza County.

Monaco was annexed to the Republic of Genoa, as 'Free Town' of the Empire instituted in 1250 A.D. until was conquered by the Kingdom of France in 1559 A.D. and transformed in Duchy of Monaco, enfeoffed to the genoan Grimaldi dinasty: they ruled the little fief until the definitive independence in 1814 A.D. as Principality of Monaco, whose capital Montecarlo became famous in XX century A.D. as seat of the 'Monaco grand prix of F1' and residence of the richest men of the world! For this reason, Monaco is not a member of the European Union, perhaps it is admitted to the E.E.C. and adopted the Euro coin.

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