Monaco - the jewel on the French Riviera
The official documentation of Monaco's history began only in the year 1200. It is said that the name Monaco is derived from the Greek word ' Monoikos ', which means ' single house ' or ' living alone '. Before becoming an independent Principality, Monaco passed through the hands of Phoenicians, Greeks, the Germanic Lombards and Muslim Saracens. It has been a colony of Genoa and under ...