Chateau d'If + Frioul Island / MARSEILLES, FRANCE
While in Marseilles, we visited the famous Chateau d'If island prison which was at the home to the fictional character in the book, The Count of Monte Cristo.
You can take the ferry to the island but to visit Frioul islands, you have to pay extra.
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Jumping straight off the pages of Alexander Dumas Count of Monte Cristo is the Chateau d'lf.
This formidable structure dates its construction back to the 16th Century.
It was originally built as a fortress to guard Marseille against Naval attacks.
It became a famous prison, most of whom died while incarcerated.
Despite it fearsome reputation, the Chateau d'lf commends a lovely view of Marseille and the Mediterranean.
Today, visitors can take a boat ride out and walk the halls of the supposedly inescapable prison.
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LE CHATEAU D'IF A MARSEILLE
Au large de Marseille, découvrez une forteresse royale de légende érigée par François premier, restée célèbre grâce au roman d'Alexandre Dumas Le comte de Monte-Cristo.
Laissez-vous captiver par les légendes du lieu et les points de vues exceptionnels sur Marseille et les îles du Frioul.
Jusqu'au XVIème siècle, l'île d'If est sauvage et un havre occasionnel pour les pêcheurs. C'est François premier, lors d'une visite à Marseille en 1516, qui en mesure l'importance stratégique et ordonne qu'on y dresse une forteresse. Très vite, la forteresse change de fonction et devient prison ; les fortes têtes, la canaille et les galériens récalcitrants y effectueront des séjours plus ou moins prolongés.
Le prisonnier le plus célèbre sera sans doute José Custodio Faria qu'Alexandre Dumas rendra immortel. Après avoir accueilli les insurgés de 1848 et les communards de 1871, la forteresse perdra sa vocation carcérale et sera ouverte au public en 1890. Quant à Edmond Dantès, la chronique d'If n'en a pas gardé souvenir. En revanche, le trou qu'il creusa dans le mur d'une des cellules est toujours bien visible.
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Marseille, known in antiquity as Massilia or Massalia is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of 240.62 km2 (93 sq mi). The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000[2] on an area of 1,204 km2 (465 sq mi). 1,530,000 or 1,601,095 people live in the Marseille metropolitan area, ranking it third among French metropolitan areas after Paris and Lyon. Located on the southeast coast of France, Marseille is France's largest city on the Mediterranean coast and largest commercial port. Marseille is the capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, as well as the capital of the Bouches-du-Rhône department. Its inhabitants are called Marseillais.
The Château d'If is a fortress (later a prison) located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul Archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
The château is a square, three-story building 28 m long on each side, flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures. The remainder of the island, which only measures 30,000 square metres, is heavily fortified; high ramparts with gun platforms surmount the island's cliffs.
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Places to see in ( Marseille - France ) Chateau d'If
Places to see in ( Marseille - France ) Chateau d'If
The Château d'If is a fortress located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about 1.5 kilometres offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo. If is the French word for the yew tree.
Île d’If measures 3 hectares (0.03 km2) and is located 3.5 km (2 1⁄8 mi) west of the Old Port of Marseille. The entire island is heavily fortified; high ramparts with gun platforms surmount the cliffs that rise steeply from the surrounding ocean. Apart from the fortress, the island is uninhabited.
The château is a square, three-story building 28 m (92 ft) long on each side, flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures. It was built in 1524-31 on the orders of King Francis I, who, during a visit in 1516, saw the island as a strategically important location for defending the coastline from sea-based attacks. The castle's principal military value was as a deterrent; it never had to fight off an actual attack. The closest that it came to a genuine test of strength was in July 1531, when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V made preparations to attack Marseille. However, he abandoned the invasion plan.
This might have been fortunate, given the weaknesses identified by military engineer Vauban in a scathing report in 1701: The fortifications look like the rock, they are fully rendered, but very roughly and carelessly, with many imperfections. The whole having been very badly built and with little care... All the buildings, very crudely done, are ill made. The embalmed body of general Jean Baptiste Kléber was repatriated to France after his assassination in Cairo in 1800. Napoleon, fearing that his tomb would become a symbol to Republicanism, ordered that the body stay at the château. It remained there for 18 years until Louis XVIII granted Kléber a proper burial in his native Strasbourg.
The isolated location and dangerous offshore currents of the Château d'If made it an ideal escape-proof prison, very much like the island of Alcatraz in California in more recent times. Its use as a dumping ground for political and religious detainees soon made it one of the most feared and notorious jails in France. Over 3,500 Huguenots (French Calvinists) were sent to Château d'If, as was Gaston Crémieux, a leader of the Paris Commune, who was shot there in 1871.
Château d'If is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo. However, other locations have been used to represent Château d'If in film adaptations of the work. In the 2002 adaptation starring Jim Caviezel, the château was represented by Saint Mary's Tower on Comino, the smallest inhabited Maltese island. The cliff-top watchtower can be seen from the ferry crossing between Malta and Gozo.
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Our last day in Marseille. I wanted to visit the Chateau D'if, featured in the Count of Monet Cristo, but the weather was too bad :( Instead we explored the neighboring Isle de Frioul. We also visited the underwhelming MUCEM.
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The Château d'If is a fortress (later a prison) located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
The château is a square, three-story building 28 m (92 ft) long on each side, flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures. It was built in 1524-31 on the orders of King Francis I, who, during a visit in 1516, saw the island as a strategically important location for defending the coastline from sea-based attacks However, its construction was extremely controversial. When Marseille was annexed to France in 1481, it retained the right to provide for its own defence. The castle was, therefore, seen by many of the local inhabitants as an unwanted imposition of central authority.
The castle's principal military value was as a deterrent; it never had to fight off an actual attack. The closest that it came to a genuine test of strength was in July 1531, when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V made preparations to attack Marseille. However, he abandoned the invasion plan.
This might have been fortunate, given the weaknesses identified by military engineer Vauban in a scathing report in 1701: The fortifications look like the rock, they are fully rendered, but very roughly and carelessly, with many imperfections. The whole having been very badly built and with little care... All the buildings, very crudely done, are ill made.
The embalmed body of general Jean Baptiste Kléber was repatriated to France after his assassination in Cairo in 1800. Napoleon, fearing that his tomb would become a symbol to Republicanism, ordered that the body stay at the château. It remained there for 18 years until Louis XVIII granted a Kléber proper burial in his native Strasbourg.
Château d'If
Château d'If
Au large de Marseille, découvrez le château d'If, forteresse érigée par François Ier, restée célèbre grâce au roman d'Alexandre Dumas Le Comte de Monte-Cristo. Laissez-vous captiver par les légendes du lieu et les points de vues exceptionnels sur Marseille et les îles du Frioul.
Histoire du Château d'If
Découvrez à travers cette vidéo l'histoire du Château d'If racontée par Armelle Baduel, administratrice du Centre des Monuments Nationaux.
CHATEAU D'IF visite insolite
Au milieu de la rade Marseille git un ilot fortifié incroyable. Prison supposée de l'homme au masque de fer et décor du conte de Montecristo ...
Le château d'If - Région PACA - Le Monument Préféré des Français
Le château d'If - Région PACA - Le Monument Préféré des Français
Il est posé là, au centre de la rade de Marseille, sur un îlot de l’archipel du Frioul. Majestueux, solide comme un roc. Le château d’If a été édifié au XVIe siècle sur les ordres de François Ier. Mais c’est certainement Alexandre Dumas et son Comte de Monte-Cristo qui l’ont rendu si célèbre.
Le château d’If est la première forteresse royale de Marseille. C’est François Ier qui en a ordonné la construction dans le cadre d’un vaste projet de contrôle des côtes provençales. En 1531, la première garnison est sur place, en 1540, les premiers prisonniers du château sont enfermés. Ce sont deux pêcheurs. A partir du XVIIe siècle, les protestants sont jetés en masse dans les cachots où ils périssent. Les conditions de détention sont épouvantables, l’espérance de vie n’excède pas 9 mois. Seuls les prisonniers de marque bénéficient d’un « traitement de faveur ». Et le plus célèbre d’entre eux, José Custodio da Faria sera immortalisé par Alexandre Dumas : c’est l’abbé Faria du Comte de Monte Cristo, ami d’Edmond Dantès, qui lui confie l’existence d’un trésor caché sur l’île de Monte-Cristo. Dès lors, la légende du château d’If est en route, et il devient l’un des sites les plus visités de Marseille. Pour l’anecdote : inspirée de l’évasion mythique d’Edmond Dantès, une épreuve de nage en mer de 5 km, est organisée chaque année, et porte le nom de Défi de Monte-Cristo. Cette année, elle se déroulera les 21 et 22 juin.
Chateau d’If in Marseille, France
The Chateau d’If sits just off the coast of Marseille, France. It is the island prison inspiration for famed author Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo and The Man in the Iron Mask. The spirit of Edmond Dantes, even if fictional, is alive and well at the Chateau d'If.
Château d'If - Marseille
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Le château d’If se dresse fièrement au large de Marseille ! Ancienne prison rendue célèbre par Alexandre Dumas et son « Comte de Monte-Cristo », elle est aujourd’hui en rénovation. Mistral, chaleur, soleil et tempêtes ont endommagé cette forteresse.
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Chateau d´If Ferry, Marseille, France
Bay of Marseille, Ferry to Chateau d´If from Marseille Vieux port (Old port), Mediterranean sea, France 2013
Another video Chateau d´If
The Château d'If is a fortress (later a prison) located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo
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Ce matin, Loïc Ballet vous emmène en visite privée dans un site connu du monde entier ! Rendu célèbre par « Le Comte de Monte-Cristo » d’Alexandre Dumas, le château d’If est l’un des monuments les plus visités aux alentours de Marseille !
Ferry trip to Château d'If from Vieux Port | Castle of If from Old port Marseille | Day 5 |
The Château d'If is a fortress (later a prison) located on the island of If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago situated in the Mediterranean Sea about a mile offshore in the Bay of Marseille in southeastern France. It is famous for being one of the settings of Alexandre Dumas' adventure novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
The château is a square, three-story building 28 m (92 ft) long on each side, flanked by three towers with large gun embrasures. It was built in 1524-31 on the orders of King Francis I, who, during a visit in 1516, saw the island as a strategically important location for defending the coastline from sea-based attacks. However, its construction was extremely controversial. When Marseille was annexed to France in 1481, it retained the right to provide for its own defence. The castle was, therefore, seen by many of the local inhabitants as an unwanted imposition of central authority.
The castle's principal military value was as a deterrent; it never had to fight off an actual attack. The closest that it came to a genuine test of strength was in July 1531, when Holy Roman Emperor Charles V made preparations to attack Marseille. However, he abandoned the invasion plan.
This might have been fortunate, given the weaknesses identified by military engineer Vauban in a scathing report in 1701: The fortifications look like the rock, they are fully rendered, but very roughly and carelessly, with many imperfections. The whole having been very badly built and with little care... All the buildings, very crudely done, are ill made.
The embalmed body of general Jean Baptiste Kléber was repatriated to France after his assassination in Cairo in 1800. Napoleon, fearing that his tomb would become a symbol to Republicanism, ordered that the body stay at the château. It remained there for 18 years until Louis XVIII granted a Kléber proper burial in his native Strasbourg.
The isolated location and dangerous offshore currents of the Château d'If made it an ideal escape-proof prison, very much like the island of Alcatraz in California in more recent times. Its use as a dumping ground for political and religious detainees soon made it one of the most feared and notorious jails in France. Over 3,500 Huguenots (French Protestants) were sent to Château d'If, as was Gaston Crémieux, a leader of the Paris Commune, who was shot there in 1871.
The island became internationally famous in the 19th century when Alexandre Dumas used it as a setting for The Count of Monte Cristo, published to widespread acclaim in 1844. In the novel, the main character Edmond Dantès (a commoner who later purchases the noble title of Count) and his mentor, Abbé Faria, were both imprisoned in it. After fourteen years, Dantès makes a daring escape from the castle, becoming the first person ever to do so and survive. In reality, no one is known to have done this. The modern Château d'If maintains a roughly hewn dungeon in honour of Dantès as a tourist attraction.
As was common practice in those days, prisoners were treated differently according to their class and wealth. The poorest were placed at the bottom, being confined perhaps twenty or more to a cell in windowless dungeons under the castle. However, the wealthiest inmates were able to pay for their own private cells (or pistoles) higher up, with windows, a garderobe and a fireplace.
The château's use as a prison ceased at the end of the 19th century. It was demilitarized and opened to the public on September 23, 1890. It can now be reached by boat from Marseille's old port. Its fame comes from the setting for Dumas' novel, The Count of Monte Cristo. This fame has made the prison a popular tourist destination.
Mark Twain visited the château in July 1867 during a months-long pleasure excursion. He recounts his visit in his book, The Innocents Abroad. He says a guide took his party into the prison, which was not yet open to the public, and inside the cells, one of which he says housed the Iron Mask. This was prior to the château opening to the public. There is a sign at the château that says Prison dite de l'Homme au Masque de Fer (Said to be the prison of the Man in the Iron Mask), but this is likely only legend since the famed Man in the Iron Mask was never held at the Chateau d'If.
The Château d'If is listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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Cap au sud : le château d’If !
Ce matin, Loïc Ballet vous emmène en visite privée dans un site connu du monde entier ! Rendu célèbre par « Le Comte de Monte-Cristo » d’Alexandre Dumas, le château d’If est l’un des monuments les plus visités aux alentours de Marseille !
CHATEAU D'IF ET ILES DU FRIOUL MARSEILLE JUILLET 2018
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