Fontvieille harbour

A short story

It was in 1966 that work commenced on re-claiming the land from the sea and the construction of the Port of Fontvieille. This operation which added 22 hectares to the area of the Principality, necessitated the use of 7.5 million cubic meters of earth and rock. After the work was finished in 1973 the actual construction of the buildings in Fontivieille began and this new quarter of the Principality started to develop.