In order to celebrate, in 2023, the centenary of the birth of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III, H.S.H. Prince Albert II has decided that various events will be organized during the year 2023 to pay tribute to him.
31 Mai - Commémorations du centenaire du Prince Rainier III
31 May 2023
To celebrate the centenary of the birth of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III in 2023, H.S.H. Prince Albert II has decided that various events will be organized throughout the year 2023 to pay tribute to him.
May 31st 2023 marks the day of Prince Rainier III's birth.
Monegasques and residents alike will gather on the Rock to make this a unique and unforgettable day of festivities.
Concert by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
4 June 2023
As part of the Rainier III centenary commemorations
Richard STRAUSS Burlesque, TrV 145
Carl ORFF Carmina Burana
Final of the Challenge Prince Rainier III
4 June 2023
The Prince RAINIER III Challenge was created in 1975 on the personal initiative of H.S.H. Prince RAINIER III who wished to set up a soccer championship for the employees of the Principality's companies.
Concert by the Rainier III Academy of Music
14 June 2023
As part of the Academy's traditional Gala, a tribute will be paid to Prince Rainier III. An exceptional violin designed and made by the students and their violin making teacher, Roberto Masini, will be presented on this occasion. The Academy's violin making workshop was created on the initiative of Prince Rainier III and opened its doors on October 1st 1977.
Conference "A witness of the Rainier III years: Jacques Boisson"
15 June 2023
Organized by the association Les rencontres littéraires Fabian Boisson, this conference will bring together Jacques Boisson, honorary secretary of state, first ambassador of Monaco to the UN in 1993, with historians.
Prince Rainier III chess tournament
18 June 2023
As part of the Prince Rainier III Centenary celebrations, the Monegasque Chess Federation is paying tribute to its Honorary President Prince Rainier III by organizing a chess tournament for young members (aged 6 to 16) of the Cercle d'Echecs de Monte-Carlo.
Fête de la Musique "Rythm'n Blues Concert"
21 June 2023
The 2023 edition of the Fête de la Musique will pay tribute to the jazz lover that was Prince Rainier III.
Monegasque Language Competition
22 June 2023
The traditional Monegasque Language Competition, organized by the Monaco City Council, will pay tribute to Prince Rainier III on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. This competition was created under the reign of Prince Rainier III who was keen to pass on the Monegasque language to the younger generations, making it compulsory to learn it from primary school onwards.
Organ concert in honor of Prince Rainier III
25 June 2023
Sunday, June 25, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. in the Cathedral of Monaco, a concert is organized as part of the Centennial Celebrations of the birth of Prince Rainier III
Baptism of the Technical and Hotel School, which becomes the Rainier III School
1 July 2023
During the ceremony, a bust of Prince Rainier III, the work of sculptor Kees Verkade, will be unveiled in the Lycée lobby.
"U Sciaratu - Carnaval Estival du Rocher" on the theme of the circus
7 July 2023
The 2023 edition of the Sciaratu, organized by the Monaco City Council, will be themed around the circus.
Tribute to the "Constituent Prince"
8 September 2023
In the presence of H.S.H. the Sovereign Prince, the President of the National Council will pay a special tribute, during a special session of the High Assembly, to Prince Rainier III as the father of the 1962 Constitution, revised on his initiative in 2002. A room will be named after the Prince.
Centennial Ball
20 October 2023
A legendary evening to relive in images the most beautiful balls given by Prince Rainier III and to experience a reception in the pure tradition of Monte-Carlo.
Rainier III et la musique : la musique traditionnelle, de jazz & de variétés
10 November 2023
Conférence - concert de Raphaëlle Doublier
National holiday in honor of Prince Rainier III
19 November 2023
Weapons demonstration with the participation of the1st Rifle Regiment, in which Prince Rainier III served, at the end of the Second World War.
OPMC - Concert Jeune Public "Une fête de cirque" (A circus party)
17 January 2024
On December 20, 1974, a circus-themed exhibition opened in Monaco. Numerous posters, models, costumes and objects from the world of the circus were on display for the public to admire. It was in this year that the first Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival got off to a flying start, the brainchild of Prince Rainier III, a circus enthusiast whose passion had remained unknown to the public until then.
Here, in music and through time, is the gentle tale of a circus artist who lived, from the sidelines, one of the world's greatest circus adventures!
Are you ready? Let's get to it!
Concert by the Orchestra of the Prince's Carabinieri on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Monaco's admission to the U.N.
from 19 June 2023
to 20 June 2023
The Principality of Monaco is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its admission to the UN this year.
54th International Bouquet Competition
from 7 October 2023
to 8 October 2023
October 7 and 8, 2023 - Riva Tunnel (8, quai Antoine-Ier - Monaco)
Performance of the play "Les jours heureux" by the Studio de Monaco
from 24 November 2023
to 25 November 2023
Prince Rainier III, then a high school student in Montpellier, acted in this play by Claude-André Puget, which was publicly performed at the Théâtre de la Comédie on May 12, 1942.
Exhibition "Tribute to Prince Rainier III, creator of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival"
from 16 June 2023
to 20 June 2023
As part of its 62th edition, the Television Festival pays tribute to its creator and retraces, through never-before-seen archive images, the most beautiful meetings and the best moments of this unique event when Prince Rainier III welcomed, alongside Princess Grace, the eminent personalities of the international cultural world. A precursor in his approach to television as a privileged link between people, the Sovereign allowed the Principality, through this innovative initiative, to establish itself as the Mecca of world television.
Tribute performances by the Ballets de Monte-Carlo
from 19 December 2023
to 23 December 2023
The WaltzChoreography by George Balanchine
The Child and the SpellsChoreography by Jean-Christophe Maillot
46th Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival 2024 "Tribute to its creator
from 19 January 2024
to 28 January 2024
For the 25th anniversary of his reign, celebrated in 1974, Prince Rainier III, passionate about the traditional circus with animals, wanted to honor the circus by imagining an event to its glory in his Principality.
Concerts at the Prince's Palace
from 16 July 2023
to 6 August 2023
Created on the initiative of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace, the concerts given in the exceptional setting of the Cour d'Honneur of the Prince's Palace constitute the prestigious series, the high point of the season of the Orchester Philharmonique de Monte Carlo.
Exhibition "A whole world to protect": a space dedicated to the actions of Prince Rainier III
from 1 December 2023
to 31 December 2023
"A whole world to protect": a space dedicated to the actions of Prince Rainier III in favor of the protection of the ocean.
Christmas Village « Rainier III, Prince Passionné »
from 7 December 2023
to 7 January 2024
In the year 2023, during which the centenary of Prince Rainier III will be commemorated, Monaco's Town Hall will be hosting a Christmas Village on the theme of "Rainier III, Prince Passionné", on the Port of Monaco from 4pm on Thursday December 7, 2023. On the same day, the city's illuminations will kick off.
Exposition “Le chantier d’un règne. La mise en souterrain de la voie ferrée. 1958-1999”
from 7 November 2023
to 31 December 2023
Exhibition "The Prince at home"
from 31 May 2023
to 20 August 2023
The Archives du Palais and the Audiovisual Institute present, as part of the Grands Appartements, one hundred imagesThese images, taken in the palace and in his other places of residence, are set against rare objects and documents relating to the sovereign.
Exposition « La vision du prince. Jacques Rueff, ministre d’Etat du Prince Rainier III. 1949-1950”
from 6 November 2023
to 26 January 2024
An exhibition presented by the Mission de préfiguration des Archives nationales and the Service central des archives et de la documentation administrative, with the collaboration of the Archives du Palais de Monaco and the Institut audiovisuel de Monaco.
Exposition “Le Prince au cœur du cirque”
from 22 November 2023
to 11 February 2024
As part of the centenary of the birth of Prince Rainier III and the 50th anniversary of the Monte-Carlo International Circus Festival, a major exhibition will be held at the former car collection of H.S.H. The Prince to share the passion that animated Prince Rainier III.
Exposition “Le Prince bâtisseur. Une ambition pour Monaco”
from 20 July 2023
to 31 December 2023
Through models, plans, photographs, objects and documents never before presented, the exhibition aims to show how Prince Rainier III has durably transformed the face of his state.
Chemin des sculptures Rainier III
from 31 May 2023
to 31 December 2023
A heritage trail, rich in several hundred works and fountains by artists, winds its way through the different districts of the city. More than 150 sculptures are thus to be discovered, installed in the streets and gardens of the Principality.
Exhibition "The Prince and his animals"
from 31 May 2023
to 31 December 2023
A great animal lover, Prince Rainier III founded the Zoological Acclimatization Center of Monaco in 1954.
Exhibition "Prince Rainier III, a rose garden in tribute to his wife
from 1 June 2023
to 1 January 2024
Une exposition de photos sera mise en place et mettra en valeur les roses en lien avec le Prince Rainier III ( Prince Rainier, Jubilée du Prince, Grimaldi, Prince de Monaco, ..) ainsi que trois photos de l’inauguration de la roseraie en 1984 en présence de la famille Princière.