Pharmacie Centrale
Pharmacy in the historic heart of the Principality, 1 Place d'Armes sur le Rocher, run since 1987 by Georges Marsan.
The Central Pharmacy lives up to its name: it occupies 1 Place d’Armes, in the heart of Monaco-Ville, the historic district of the Principality where the Prince’s Palace, the Cathedral and the institutions are located.
What the sheet documents
The official list of the Order of Pharmacists, published in the Journal de Monaco, lists the pharmacy under the responsibility of Georges Marsan since June 2, 1987 - the second oldest current appointment in the Principality, after that of the Fontvieille Pharmacy.
Memoria cites this date as the date of appointment of the holder, and not as the date of opening of the business: the existence of the pharmacy on the Rock is not documented by a consultable public source.
Why we archive it
On the Rock, the pharmacy is part of the daily landscape of residents and visitors alike. Its stability - almost forty years under the same responsibility - is exactly the kind of fact that a directory does not preserve and that an archive must retain.
The facts are paraphrased; only the source is cited. A correction? Write to Memoria.