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title: "Château d’If, Marseille — GetMap"
description: "A prison from a novel stands on a real island. Built on a rocky island in the 16th century, this fortress later became a state prison. Alexandre Dumas…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJFZv_M7_AyRIRfr31NFtB3RA
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# Château d’If

A prison from a novel stands on a real island

History · 🇫🇷 Marseille · one place, one stop

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Built on a rocky island in the 16th century, this fortress later became a state prison. Alexandre Dumas used it as the prison of Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo, but Dantès was fictional.

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