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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 . After six years of solitary imprisonment in the Château d'If, Dantès is on the verge of suicide when another prisoner, the Abbé Faria, an Italian scholarly priest, digs an escape tunnel that by mistake ends in Dantès's cell. The Abbé helps Dantès deduce the culprits of his imprisonment.
Château de Versailles. A château (French pronunciation:; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
Thirty-two homes that sold for $500,000 or more led home sales for Greater Akron the week of July 29, including one in Bath dubbed a French Country Estate. Chateau-inspired Bath home on 27 acres ...
A château on the outskirts of Paris is heading to sale by Whisper Auctions for $452 million. If it sells for the asking price, it could be crowned as the most expensive home ever sold, surpassing ...
Eighteen homes that sold for $500,000 or more led home sales for Greater Akron the week of Oct. 18, including one in Bath with an indoor basketball court. See inside. Chateau inspired Bath home ...
Palace of Fontainebleau (/ ˈ f ɒ n t ɪ n b l oʊ / FON-tin-bloh, US also /-b l uː /-bloo; [1] French: Château de Fontainebleau [ʃɑto d(ə) fɔ̃tɛnblo]), located 55 kilometers (34 miles) southeast of the center of Paris, in the commune of Fontainebleau, is one of the largest French royal châteaux.
The Strawbridge family purchased the 19th century château for £280,000 in 2015