DID YOU KNOW ?
IN THE CEMETERY OF MONACO ONE CAN ALSO SEE SOME GRAVES OF THE VERY FAMOUS MONEGASQUES WHOSE NAMES REST IN THE HISTORY OF THE PRINCIPALITY .
to compete in Formula 1 , in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix at 55 years old . “ Race like Chiron ” was a motto adopted for the most talented of racing drivers . Among the racing community , his style of driving was so admired that he was nicknamed ‘ the perfectionist ’ and ‘ the professor ’. In 1931 Chiron became the only Monaco born driver to win the Monaco Grand Prix .
© HelloMonaco
A monument to Louis Chiron in Port Hercule harbour
LOUIS NOTARI ( died in1961 ) was the pioneer of Monégasque literature . He wrote in the French and Monégasque languages . In 1931 he wrote the final version of the text of the Monaco national anthem and he is considered as the first writer in Monégasque ; before him , there was just oral literature . Notari ’ s writing in Monégasque has led to a veritable flowering of literature published in the language . This small country ’ s own language now takes its visible and permanent place among the other Romance languages . A library , the Bibliothèque Louis Notari , which serves as the national copyright library for Monaco , is also named after him .
EMMANUEL BELLINI ( died in 1989 ) a Monegasque architect who left his legacy across the Côte d ’ Azur and Cannes . His art may even have eclipsed his stature as a great architect . Emmanuel Bellini tackled and mastered more than forty different themes : memorable are the Circus , the Clowns , Belle Époque Sleighs and Horse-Drawn Carriages , the Landscapes , the Fields of flowers , the bouquets of glittering colours . His art , much appreciated by Prince Rainier III , toured the world . Emmanuel Bellini is buried with his wife , Marie- Thérèse , his brother , Laurent , and his parents , Antoine and Louise .
LÉO FERRÉ ( died in 1993 ) is another one of the Monegasque giants in the arts . He was a Monegasque poet and composer , and a dynamic live performer , whose career in France dominated the years after the Second World War until his death . He released some forty albums over this period , composing the music and the majority of the lyrics . Composer , Musician , his most famous composition is “ Avec le Temps .”
© HelloMonaco
Louis Notari was also prominent in civil engineering in the Principality , and was noted for his work on Monaco ’ s renowned Exotic Garden , which annually hosts large numbers of visitors from many countries .
LOUIS CHIRON ( died in 1979 ) is Monegasque conqueror of the Monaco Grand Prix , the oldest racing driver
A concert hall in the Fontvieille district bears the name of Léo Ferré .
22 / Hello Monaco Spring 2022 www . hellomonaco . com