Monaco Cathedral

The Rue du Tribunal in Monaco leads from the palace to the cathedral, built between 1875 and 1884 in the Romanesque-Byzantine style. A chapel to St Nicolas, dating from 1252, was pulled down to make way for the building of the cathedral. Inside can be seen an altarpiece by Louis Bréa (C.1500), other works of the Nice School, as well as tombs of the princes (burial place of the Princes of Monaco) and bishops. The grave of Princess Grace is also to be found here.

Opposite stands the Palais de Justice (lawcourts) and nearby the Historial des Princes (historical collection), as well as the notable Chapelle de la Miséricorde of 1639; the first provost of the penitential monks resident here was Prince Honoré II. Inside there is a wooden statue of Christ, by François-Joseph Bosio, official sculptor of Napoleon, born in 1769 in Monaco (d.1845 in Paris).