Terre-plein du Larvotto
Peninsula gained from the sea east of the Principality, whose 1972 sector division plan makes it a « protected zone » for leisure.
This record documents one of Monaco’s oldest sea extensions — the Larvotto peninsula, east of the Principality — through planning acts rather than building-site narratives.
What the ordinances reveal
The administrative timeline begins in 1962, with a coordination plan for the Bas-Moulins and Larvotto district, amended in 1966. In 1971, a law decommissions parcels of the public domain at Portier, Bas-Moulins and Larvotto — about 6,220 m²: the act that makes the land transferable.
Then comes the most telling act, Sovereign Ordinance No. 5.006 of 18 October 1972, approving the sector division plan for the « protected zone formed by the Larvotto land reclamation ». The vocabulary is that of the act: this ground gained from the sea is not ordinary building land, it is a protected zone, and its sector No. 1 is reserved for a tourist and leisure complex — casino, gala hall, restaurant. Sector No. 2 takes car parks, roads and gardens.
Why we archive it
An observer today sees at Larvotto a beach, a seaside complex and buildings. The ordinances from 1962 to 1973 show this whole was planned sector by sector, with precise allocations — and that the Principality chose a leisure vocation from the outset.
What Memoria does not claim to know
The date when the peninsula physically emerged — when the fill appeared — and the area gained were not found in the acts consulted. The record therefore publishes the legal timeline, which is solid, without claiming to date the building site itself.
The facts are paraphrased; only the source is cited. To suggest a correction or a missing date, write to Memoria.