Editing Monaco (section)

===Architecture===
{{See also|Architecture of Monaco|Monaco villas}}
[[File:Monaco-Ville-ruelle.jpg|thumb|Ville ruelle in Monaco]]

Monaco exhibits a wide range of architecture, but the principality's signature style, particularly in Monte Carlo, is that of the [[Belle Époque]]. It finds its most florid expression in the 1878–9 [[Monte Carlo Casino|Casino]] and the [[Opéra de Monte-Carlo|Salle Garnier]] created by [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]] and Jules Dutrou. Decorative elements include turrets, balconies, pinnacles, multi-coloured ceramics, and caryatids. These were blended to create a picturesque fantasy of pleasure and luxury, and an alluring expression of how Monaco sought and still seeks, to portray itself.<ref>{{citation |last1=Novella |first1=René |last2=Sassi |first2=Luca |title=Monaco : eight centuries of art and architecture |publisher=Epi Communication |date=2015}}</ref> This [[Capriccio (art)|capriccio]] of French, Italian, and Spanish elements were incorporated into hacienda villas and apartments. Following major development in the 1970s, [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Prince Rainier III]] banned high-rise development in the principality. His successor, [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco|Prince Albert II]], overturned this Sovereign Order.<ref name="Fair">{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.vanityfair.fr/actualites/france/articles/monaco-la-tour-odeon-un-chantier-malheureux/23582 |title=La tour Odéon, l'histoire d'un chantier dont les malheurs ont atteint des sommets |language=fr |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=17 February 2015 |access-date=7 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813111930/http://www.vanityfair.fr/actualites/france/articles/monaco-la-tour-odeon-un-chantier-malheureux/23582 |archive-date=13 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In recent years{{when|date=June 2020}} the accelerating demolition of Monaco's [[Architectural Heritage|architectural heritage]], including its single-family villas, has created dismay.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lyall |first1=Sarah |last2=Baume |first2=Maïa de la |title=Development Blitz Provokes a Murmur of Dissent in Monaco |work=The New York Times |date=11 December 2013 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/world/europe/development-blitz-provokes-a-murmur-of-dissent-in-monaco.html |access-date=26 July 2021 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=13 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813111832/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/world/europe/development-blitz-provokes-a-murmur-of-dissent-in-monaco.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The principality has no heritage protection legislation.<ref name="lobservateurdemonaco.mc">{{cite web |title=Monaco's Heritage In Danger? |work=L'Observateur de Monaco |number=141 |date=April 2015 |pages=60–67 |url=http://www.lobservateurdemonaco.mc/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Obs141.pdf |access-date=26 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=12 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812002637/http://www.lobservateurdemonaco.mc/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Obs141.pdf }}</ref>