Cathédrale Notre-Dame-Immaculée
Roman-Byzantine cathedral on the Rock — first stone laid 6 January 1875, consecrated 11 June 1911, burial place of the princes of Monaco.
Notre-Dame-Immaculée cathedral crowns the Rock, on avenue Saint-Martin. Built in La Turbie stone in a Roman-Byzantine style, it houses the burial places of the princes of Monaco and hosts the Princely Family’s major ceremonies.
A building long under construction
After Monaco was detached from the Nice diocese (1868), the former Saint-Nicolas church was demolished. On 6 January 1875, Charles III laid the first stone of the new building. The diocese was erected in 1887 — a legal act distinct from completion of the building, which Memoria does not conflate.
Consecration took place on 11 June 1911, the date retained as official liturgical commissioning.
Why it is archived
The cathedral combines religious heritage, princely memory and urban history of the Rock. Visit Monaco fixes construction dates; the Journal de Monaco attests, through archiepiscopal approvals, continuity of the diocese — two registers this record explicitly separates.
Each archive on this record is dated and tied to a public source. The facts are paraphrased. A correction? Write to Memoria.