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THE THREE WINTERS that influenced THE HISTORY OF MONACO
By Julia Belyakova
Winter is traditionally a period when the entire world is hibernating in anticipation of spring . The history of the Principality suggests the opposite , however . Winter in Monaco has often been the time for important political and economic decisions , those of life-changing tax reforms or transition to a constitutional monarchy . And one February night , Monegasques experienced a shock of quite another kind — a rare natural cataclysm ...
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It is hard to imagine , but in 1887 in the square in front of the Hermitage Hotel instead of Christmas garlands there were fires warming people who had left their homes because of the earthquake ...
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