When Ospedaletti was just a fishing village, Société Foncière Lyonnaise, one of the first real estate companies in France based in Paris, came to the Riviera and chose the village for its unique climatic qualities, which would make it a summer and winter tourist destination . It was 1884 when the Foncière Lyonnaise inaugurated the casino, the first in Italy, competing with that of Monte Carlo.
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Le Figaro,May 1884