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The Oceanographic Museum

This is one of main attractions for tourists in the Principality. One of the vocations of the Museum is to welcome scientists from all over the world who have 2,000 square metres of laboratories at their disposal. On the ground floor, the collections on show represent the complete range of marine and submarine fauna with the often gigantic skeletons of oceanic mammals. Also to be seen are the diving saucers and other equipment used during his researches by Commandant Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Director of the Museum until 1988.

The Fort Antoine Theatre

An old fortress constructed at the beginning of the 18th century on the north-east point of the Rock, today an open-air theatre with 350 seats in stepped rows where high quality spectacles are given in the summer season.

St Martin's Gardens

The gardens of St Martin and those of Fort Antoine, at the eastern end of the Rock, were a source of inspiration to Guillaume Apollinaire, who resided in the Principality from 1887 to 1899.