La Ruche, Fontvieille is an industrial building in the

Principality of Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria ...

History

Erection and inauguration

It was built by

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

's Public Works Office. La Ruche was inaugurated in 2003, in the presence of various public and industrial figures as well as diplomatic and consular representatives.

2004 incident

On May 31, 2004, La Ruche and the neighboring

Stade Louis II The Stade Louis II () is a stadium located in the Fontvieille district of Monaco. It serves primarily as a venue for football, being the home of AS Monaco and the Monaco national football team. The stadium is most notable for its distinctive n ...

were damaged by an apparently deliberate explosion. No injuries occurred and the responsibility remained unclear. The damage, while relatively extensive to portions of the fabric of the buildings, was verified as not having affected the buildings' respective structures. On June 1, the

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announced that it would assume responsibility for repairs to the damage caused by the explosion, without preempting the results of expert investigations, which continued. This incident constituted a rare exception to

's long established reputation for safety and absence of violence.

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20070105190706/http://monaco.net/communiques/2003112101.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20070113004225/http://monaco.net/communiques/2004050201.htm Industrial buildings in Monaco 2003 establishments in Monaco Fontvieille, Monaco Industrial buildings completed in 2003 {{Monaco-struct-stub