• Château dIf – history and legends. Marseille is protected from the sea by four islands of the Frioul archipelago, located near the shore.
  • Château dIf is a fortress and former prison located on the Île dIf, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated offshore from Marseille in France.
  • After serving as a prison for more than a century, Château d'If was finally demilitarized and transformed to a public tourist attraction on September 23, 1890.
  • Château d'If. Address: Embarcadère Frioul If, 1 Quai de la Fraternité, 13001 Marseille, France. ... Places to visit around Château d'If.
  • The Château d'If, the famous island fort facing Marseille immortalised by Alexander Dumas in The Count of Monte Cristo.
  • 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.
  • Château d'If (shätō´dēf´), castle built in 1524 on the small rocky isle of If, in the Mediterranean Sea off Marseilles, SE France.
    • The Château d'If and neighboring offshore islands seen from Marseille.
    • The Château d'If with Marseille in the background.
    • View from a cell in the Château d'If.
  • Other articles where Château dIf is discussed: If: Its castle, built by the French king Francis I in 1524, was later used as a state prison.
  • Château d'If is a 16th-century fortress, commissioned by King Francois I, set atop the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago less than a mile from Marseille.