The seat of the Prince began as a Genoese fortress in 1191, and work on a new four-tower fortress began in 1215. The Grimaldi family took the fortress in January 1297, a capture the article treats as legend and disputed. It does not say who designed the original fortress.
The main facade is a Renaissance-style range of palazzi. Louis I added a Baroque entrance arch and a double horseshoe staircase modeled on Fontainebleau's. Dominique Gallo designed the courtyard arcades, and Orazio de Ferrari painted the ceilings of the Galerie d'Hercule.
The towers were rebuilt in the 19th century. After 1949, Rainier III restored the palace. The state rooms open in summer. The article does not mention a Gothic style.
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