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The Château d'If (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dif]) is a fortress located on the Île d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about 1.5 kilometres (7 ⁄ 8 mile) offshore from Marseille in southeastern France. Built in the 16th century, it later served as a prison until the end of the 19th century.
Château d'If: 1524-31 Ruins On an island in the Bay of Marseille, used as prison, featured in The Count of Monte Cristo. Château de Ners: 12th century Ruins Château de Tarascon: 15th century Intact Converted into a military prison in the 17th century. [1] Château de Vernègues: Medieval Ruins Property of the commune
Château d'If in Marseille Château de Tarascon in Tarascon. Château de la Barben, in La Barben; Château de Barbentane in Barbentane; Château des Baux, in Baux-de-Provence; Château de Boulbon, in Boulbon; Château de la Buzine, in Marseille; Chateau de Bruni in Berre-l'Étang; Château des Creissauds, in Aubagne; Château de l'Empéri, in ...
Jean-Baptiste Grosson, royal notary, wrote from 1770 to 1791 the historical Almanac of Marseille, published as Recueil des antiquités et des monuments marseillais qui peuvent intéresser l'histoire et les arts ("Collection of antiquities and Marseille monuments which can interest history and the arts"), which for a long time was the primary ...
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Elias Neau (1662 – 7 September 1722), born Élie Neau, in Moëze, Saintonge, was a French Huguenot.After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, he fled first to the French colony of Saint-Domingue, then to Boston, where he became a prosperous merchant.
The Palais Longchamp was created to celebrate the construction of the Canal de Marseille, which was built to bring water from the river Durance to Marseille.Although the foundation stone was laid by the Duke of Orleans on 15 November 1839, the building took 30 years to complete, partly because of the enormous expense and partly because of difficulties with local regulations.
The Marseille History Museum (French: Musée d'Histoire de Marseille) is the local historical and archaeological museum of Marseille in France.When opened in 1983, it became one of the most significant museums for urban history in France, dedicated to exhibiting the major archaeological finds discovered after the site was excavated in 1967; at the same time the property was redeveloped ...