Located on a 3-hectare limestone island 3.5 miles from the old port of Marseille, the Château d'If is a square fortress with a side length of 28 meters. In 1516, King François I of France came here, fully aware of its defensive value, and ordered the construction of a fort here, which is the symbol of Yves: Fort Yves. Chateau Yves has the advantage of natural danger, the defense is extremely tight, and it is almost impossible for prisoners to escape, and Alexandre Dumas is based on the experience of the only two escapees, Father Faria and Edmond Dantès. The world famous book "The Count of Monte Cristo", Château Yves is also famous because of this novel. Today, the cell in Château Yves has deliberately dug a passage according to the layout in the story. The Château d'If was originally an impregnable fortification in Marseille, and later became a national prison, where many princes, descendants of princes and nobles, Protestants, political prisoners, revolutionaries, etc. were imprisoned. The castle's conversion to a prison dates back to 1658, when Louis XIV, in his crackdown on the heretics, turned the Château d'If into a prison for Protestants and criminals. In the 19th century, after the French bourgeois revolution broke out, Château Yves was completely transformed into a prison for the feudal dynasty to suppress political prisoners. Since the first prisoner was held in 1580, the Isle of Yves has imprisoned more than 3,000 people over the centuries.
The Fort Eve is located on a 3-hectare limestone island about 1 mile from Marseille's old port. It is a 28-meter square building with three cylindrical towers with wide shooting holes on the walls. The Fort ve was originally proposed by King Francis I of France to strengthen the defences of Marseille, and was completed in 1531 and used as a prison shortly after its completion. In 1844, the French literary magnate Dumas completed the creation of the Count of Monte Cristo in the context of the Fort Everett, the hero of the framed and imprisoned, and this prison is the famous Fort Everett.
The Fort Ives is worth a visit, and the speedboat from Marseille is very fast, and the return boat is very punctual. The whole castle is legendary because of the depiction of Dumas. This is clearly oriented in the experience of the visit. In addition to introducing the general situation of military and political culture, the castle also marked the cells held by the characters in the novel. At the same time, there are introductions to the surrounding ecology and island history on the island. In the off-season, there are very few people, and the general horse-watching will soon be finished. This kind of place really needs to be prepared in advance to find the fun, otherwise it will become a tour.
Stuck in a castle building by the sea, this unique castle looks very cold, are unique buildings without windows, the castle is quite tall, the huge reefs are also distributed in many places, the value of this castle is also very good.
Standing on the beach of Marseille, you can see a small, gray island surrounded by rocks like axes and cut swords, and a castle with three towers stands on the rock, which is how many wars baptized and was baptized by Dumas in the Count of Monte Cristo The magical and vivid Ive castle. From the port you can take a yacht to the island. This small island less than 200 meters long and less than 168 meters wide is composed of limestone. The path of the platform on the island is a deep "Nine-qurt Corridor" surrounded by tall and thick walls. Every step is blocked by high walls and gates. It is necessary to turn right and the path is twisted, as if traveling in a deep mountain canyon. The stone steps end with a platform of about two or three acres, which is the strict Everest Fort. To enter Everest, you need to pass a wooden ancient bridge similar to the ancient Chinese city pool suspension bridge. The castle is built of gray sand and stone, with round forts on both sides and square in the middle. In the center was a small patio, surrounded by high walls, and only square sky could be seen. It was connected by stone steps, and on the walls on both sides of the steps were grating-shaped windows and iron gates, which were the cells of prisoners. Down, through the dark, narrow promenade, were two dungeons, with thick iron gates, which were gloomy and chilly. On one wall alone was a small window, with a finger-thick iron fence, and through the small window only a large blue sky could be seen. One of them had a hole in the wall a foot above the ground that could drill into a person. It is said that there were prisoners who had attempted to escape by digging a hole in this place, but unfortunately the walls of the Fort Eve were high and the sea was flowing outside the fort, and the prisoners who had been in the prison were indeed unable to fly. These two cells were the dungeons of the elders of Faria and Dundees, written by Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo has poured out readers of the world, and has made the Fort Eves unwittingly famous. Anyone who comes to the castle and sees the dungeon admires the spirit, the extraordinary imagination and the excellent expression of the author's material.
The origin of the novel by the Count of Monte Cristo, Fort Everest, the stone prison occasionally comes once and feels that the winter is warm and the summer is cool. It is crazy to stay for ten years! Standing at the highest point of Marseille, the Cathedral of the Virgin of the Virgin, the whole Marseille and the old port have a panoramic view. The small island in the middle is the famous Fort Everest.
The island of Eve is an independent island about 2 kilometers from Marseille, where the Fort Eve is a prison for political prisoners and pagans. It is famous for being described as the Count of Monte Cristo of Dumas. The island is very windy and waves, especially in spring and summer, and the round-trip boats will be cancelled at any time, so be sure to check the weather in advance and book.
The Fort Ives is a military castle on the island off Marseille, which is alone at sea and requires a boat ride from the pier, about ten minutes to reach. The castle can be seen on the shore. In fact, the castle is very large in size and there are many buildings inside. It is a very strange location and a very long history of the castle. It is worth visiting.