rue Émile de Loth, a brick of the Town Hall of Monaco
After Place Joséphine Baker and Place d’Armes, Monaco Tribune continues its exploration of the Principality’s neighborhoods. This month, head to Le Rocher to discover rue Émile de Loth, its medieval atmosphere and the personality behind it.
The streets are small and stuffy. Beneath the grandeur of the buildings, the walker feels overwhelmed – but also amazed by the warm nuances of Provençal architecture. No doubts, we have arrived in a medieval village: Monaco-Ville.
In this part of the Principality, you can hear Monegasque, Italian or French speaking just as well … The small village spirit is indeed present.
Located in the heart of the Rock, rue Émile de Loth is a lively place, strewn with bits of history. Formerly called rue des Briques, the place hosts the Town Hall of Monaco, hides behind a small door the museum of Old Monaco, but also the back of the Cathedral and its intimate terrace to enjoy the local cuisine.
After crossing the Carrugiu Émile de Loth, from the Palace in the west to the Place de la Visitation in the east, still no sign of the identity of Monsieur de Loth. Yet one clue is hidden there: the Town Hall.
La Mairie pendant over 40 years
Indeed, Jacques-Émile de Loth went through the Monaco City Hall case, and this 40-year-old pendant. He worked 36 years as deputy mayor, then held this position himself from 1907 to 1911, date of the new Constitution, which migrated the Principality from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.
A lawyer by trade, Émile de Loth has served as administrator in more than a dozen Monegasque institutions. He has two main reigns and has a curriculum vitae that has lived blushing: consul of Tunis then consul of the United States in Monaco, honorary president of the chamber of lawyers-defenders near the Court of Appeal, chancellor of the order of Saint-Charles …
Born in Castellane in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, the lawyer adopted the Principality, and the Principality adopted him: after 60 years of residence in Monaco, he obtained Monegasque nationality in 1907 by an order from Prince Albert 1uh.
On Thursday May 13, 1920, the inhabitants of Monaco learned the sad news of the death of Jacques-Émile de Loth, aged 90. An important figure in the Monegasque political landscape, Louis Notari will praise him during his funeral at the Cathedral.