Car Collection of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco explained

The Exhibition of HSH The Prince of Monaco's Car Collection is an automobile museum in the La Condamine district of Monaco.[1]

The cars were the personal collection of Prince Rainier III of Monaco (1923–2005), and assembled over a thirty-year period.[1] [2] The collection contains almost one hundred classic cars made in Europe and the United States.[1] Notable cars in the collection include the Bugatti Type 35 driven by William Grover-Williams that won the inaugural Monaco Grand Prix in 1929,[3] and Sébastien Loeb's Citroën DS3 WRC, which he drove to victory in the 2013 Monte Carlo Rally.[4] 38 cars from the collection were put up for auction in 2012 due to Prince Albert II's desire to re-organise and expand the collection.[5]

The cars are displayed over five levels in a specially constructed space in the Terrasses de Fontvieille,[2] and the museum is open daily from 10am to 6pm, excluding Christmas Day and New Year's Day.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Museums. Visit Monaco - Museums. Visit Monaco. 4 August 2014.
  2. Web site: Monaco Top Cars Collection. FIA Heritage Museums. FIA. 4 August 2014.
  3. Book: David C. King. Monaco. registration. 2008. Marshall Cavendish. 978-0-7614-2567-0. 111–.
  4. Web site: Prince Given Loeb's DS3 for Monaco Collection. Rally Australia - News. Rally Australia. 22 April 2014. 4 August 2014. 27 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190327134436/https://rallyaustralia.com.au/prince-given-loebs-ds3-monaco-collection/. dead.
  5. Web site: Prince Albert of Monaco to Auction 38 Cars from Private Collection . July 2012 .