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Château d'If

 
 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Château d'If
Château d'If (shätō'dēf'), castle built in 1524 on the small rocky isle of If, in the Mediterranean Sea off Marseilles, SE France. Long used as a state prison, it was made famous by Alexandre Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo.


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