- Château d'If. If Castle found its place in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea on the small island of the Friul archipelago.
- The famous Château d'If began as a formidable fortress, built as a defensive post in 1524 on the small island of If.
- 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 cliffs Dantès was thrown from when he escaped (or it could have been). Château d'If is a place absolutely worth a visit if you are in Marseille.
- Edmond Dantès, the main character, is wrongfully accused of being a Bonapartiste (a follower of Napoleon) and is imprisoned in château d’If (castle of If).
- Château d'If. Château d'If. The famous island fort facing Marseille immortalised by Alexander Dumas in The Count of Monte Cristo.
- Île d’If (Island of Yew Trees) is a tiny, three hectare island in the Bay of Marseille and the Chateau d’If has been described as France’s answer to Alcatraz.
- Île d’If measures 3 hectares (0.03 km2) and is located 3.5 kilometers west of the Old Port of Marseille. ... PLAYLIST TIME: Latest News for: château d'if.
- More than a prison, the Château d’If was also a fortress designed to protect the city from enemy invasions and from itself.