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The Gardens of Monaco

By: Graham Simmons
Monte Carlo: Love statue, in the Grand Casino park

Monte Carlo: Love statue, in the Grand Casino park

Monaco certainly knows how to spend its casino-won dollars (or Euros). From the Jardin Exotique to the new Japanese Gardens, from sculpture parklands to the gardens cascading from the roof of the Fontvielle Shopping Centre, this tiny principality seems determined to show that it still has plenty of "green space". But grand plans to expand Monaco's territory by reclaiming land from the sea were put on hold in December 2008, due to the economic situation

 

 
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