Château d’If
Wednesday, 10th August 2005 by Alex Turnbull
The Château d'If is on the small island of If, in the Bay of Marseille, France. It was completed in 1531, and was originally intended as a defence against attacks from the sea, however it never had to fight off an actual attack, and later became one of France's most notorious prisons. The Château became internationally famous in the 19th century when Alexander Dumas used it as a setting in his classic novel The Count of Monte Cristo.
In our thumbnail you can see the small square building itself, and also the shadows of its three towers (Wikipedia page).
<img src='http://www.googlesightseeing.com/wp-content/images/chateaudIf.jpg' alt='Château d'If' />
Thanks: w00d
About the author
Alex has decided that his title will be Senior Vice President of Stuff.
Pronunciation for my fellow dirty Americans: “DEEF”
The main island just west to the chateau d’If is the island of Frioul, long used as a quarantine island for the incoming ships.
Some planes at the airport… (CL-415 floatplanes, I think) View Placemark And some more: View Placemark
Check out the dry docks at the harbour! (You’ll find them.)
(Hey, my first comment! Coooool…)
In the new picture, there is a plane in flight right over the island….
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