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 Marseilles, you can see a gray island surrounded by rocks like axes and knives. On the rocks, there stands a castle with three towers. This is the ancient castle of Eve, which has been baptized by many wars and written miraculously by Alexander Dumas in the "Count of Monte Cristo". From the harbor you can take a yacht to the island. The island, less than 200 meters long and less than 168 meters wide, consists entirely of limestone. The path to the platform on the island is a deep "Nine-Curve Corridor" surrounded by a large and thick wall. Every step is blocked by high walls and gates. It needs to turn right. The path is tortuous, like walking in a deep valley. At the end of the stone steps is a platform of about two or three acres, which is the strict Everglade. To enter the fort, we need to pass through an ancient wooden bridge which is very similar to the ancient Chinese city pool suspension bridge. The castle is made of lime sand and stone, with round forts on both sides and square in the middle. The center is a small patio, surrounded by high walls, with only a square sky. There are stone steps connected around them. On the walls on both sides of the stone steps, there are hollow windows and iron doors with iron fences. That is the prison cell for prisoners. Down, through the dark, narrow corridor, not far from each other are two dungeons with large iron gates. The dungeons are gloomy and cold. There was only one small window on one wall with a finger-thick iron fence on it. Only a big blue sky could be seen through the small window. One of them has a hole in the wall one foot above the ground that can be drilled into a person. It is said that the prisoners did try to escape by digging a hole here, but unfortunately, the walls of the fort were high and thick, and the sea outside the fort was surging, so the prisoners who were locked in were indeed unable to fly. These two cells are the dungeons of Dumas who imprisoned the Faria elder and Duntis. The book "Count of Monte Cristo" has captured readers all over the world and made Everburg unintentionally famous. Everyone who comes to the castle and sees the dungeon admires the author's spirit of digging materials, extraordinary imagination and excellent expressive ability.
The origin of Count Monte Cristo's novel, Everburg, Stone Prison, once in a while, still feel warm in winter and cool in summer. It will be crazy to stay for ten years. Standing at the highest point of Marseilles, the Cathedral of Notre Dame Garde overlooks the whole of Marseilles and the old port. The island in the middle is the famous Fort Eve.
Eve Island is an independent island about 2 kilometers from Marseilles. Eve Castle on the island is a prison for political prisoners and pagans in the past. The Earl of Monte Cristo of Dumas made him famous, which is described here as a prototype. The storm is very strong on the island, especially in spring and summer. The round-trip ships will be cancelled at any time, so we must check the weather in advance and reserve them.
Everglade is a military castle on an island off Marseilles. It is suspended at sea and needs to be arrived by boat from the wharf in about ten minutes. The castle can be landed for viewing. In fact, the area of the castle is very large. There are many buildings in it. It is a castle with a very peculiar geographical location and a very long history. It is worth visiting.