{"id":8740,"date":"2023-09-24T21:35:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T21:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monaco-consulate.com\/redesign\/?page_id=8740"},"modified":"2024-06-21T18:24:25","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T18:24:25","slug":"sports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monaco-consulate.com\/redesign\/sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_6ce4fba6 height_large\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_1 tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_a84cbe2f has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-separator size_custom\" style=\"height:22rem\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h1 class=\"w-text us_custom_464fa9f9\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Sports<\/span><\/span><\/h1><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The Principality of Monaco is a sovereign and independent state that has borders on its landward side with several communes of the French Department of the Alpes-Maritimes; from west to east these are Cap d\u2019Ail, la Turbie, Beausoleil and Roquebrune Cap Martin. Seawards, Monaco faces the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Its surface area is 485 acres, of which nearly 100 were recovered from the sea during the course of the last twenty years. Monaco lies on a narrow coastal strip, which sometimes rises vertically upwards with its highest point at 206 feet. Its width varies between .65 miles and a mere 382 yards. Its coastline is 2.5 miles long. The Principality has only one commune, Monaco, whose limits are the same as those of the state.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_19737bc8 height_large\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_1 tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--gap:2rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-text us_custom_8f6630a9\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Monaco is divided into five areas:<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_large\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-tabs layout_hor style_default switch_click has_scrolling\" style=\"--sections-title-size:1em\"><div class=\"w-tabs-list items_7 align_none\"><div class=\"w-tabs-list-h\"><button class=\"w-tabs-item active\" aria-controls=\"content-r331\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">1877<\/span><\/button><button class=\"w-tabs-item\" aria-controls=\"content-q487\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">1904<\/span><\/button><button class=\"w-tabs-item\" aria-controls=\"content-w5d9\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">1910<\/span><\/button><button class=\"w-tabs-item\" aria-controls=\"content-t742\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">1913<\/span><\/button><button class=\"w-tabs-item\" aria-controls=\"content-l880\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">1928<\/span><\/button><button class=\"w-tabs-item\" aria-controls=\"content-i9be\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">1929<\/span><\/button><button class=\"w-tabs-item\" aria-controls=\"content-gb1b\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"w-tabs-item-title\">1939<\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-sections titles-align_none icon_chevron cpos_right\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section active\" id=\"r331\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header active\" aria-controls=\"content-r331\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">1877<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-r331\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>the Tennis Master Series had their debut in Monte-Carlo, being now one of the most important international Tennis events.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"q487\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-q487\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">1904<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-q487\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>the first speedboat meeting;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"w5d9\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-w5d9\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">1910<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-w5d9\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>the take-off from the Quai Antoine I of a biplane, as fragile as a child\u2019s toy, but at the controls of which Henri Rougier was to realize the exploit of flying over the nearest spurs of the Alpes-Maritimes;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"t742\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-t742\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">1913<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-t742\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>the first \u201chydro-aeroplane\u201d meeting (ancestor of the seaplane). Similarly, other sports including golf (with the opening in 1910 of the first course on the slopes of Mont Agel), tennis, fencing, shooting, boxing, football and athletics all took wing and on the eve of the 1914-1918 war, the sporting activities of the Principality were already exemplary and<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"l880\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-l880\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">1928<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-l880\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>opening of the Monte Carlo Country Club and Monte Carlo Beach with its Olympic-standard swimming-pool;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"i9be\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-i9be\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">1929<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-i9be\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>the first automobile Grand Prize race;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"gb1b\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-gb1b\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">1939<\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-gb1b\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>the inauguration, by Prince Louis II, of the stadium which bears his name and which was immediately used to stage the last University World Games before the Second World War.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_large\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"boxcontent\">\n<p>With the Liberation, sport came into its own again. Its development in all fields was at lightning pace and from then on Monaco possessed a range of sports clubs and federations recognised by international bodies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SportsThe Principality of Monaco is a sovereign and independent state that has borders on its landward side with several communes of the French Department of the Alpes-Maritimes; from west to east these are Cap d\u2019Ail, la Turbie, Beausoleil and Roquebrune Cap Martin. Seawards, Monaco faces the Mediterranean Sea. 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