Its mega among tourists Chateau d'if was acquired through two characters – the prisoner in the iron mask and Edmond Dantes. The first was a real person (though who exactly is still not installed, there are several versions on this account) and detained in other prisons of France, except this one. And the second one too, never been to this castle, because it did not exist and was invented by Alexander Dumas as the hero of the novel "the Count of Monte Cristo". By the way, and the Iron mask was also described in another novel of Dumas 'the Vicomte de Bragelonne".

These two prisoners in the dungeons of the Chateau d'if were allotted two cameras at the opening of the Museum. In the castle you can see fragments of various adaptations of the novel, to see other exhibits related to the novel "the Count of Monte Cristo". The camera, which contained real prisoners who left their mark in the history of France of a person, marked by plaques with their names. Among them was a political figure during the revolution count Mirabeau, the commander-in-chief of the French army General kléber.

Most of its history, the Alamo served as a prison for the most dangerous from the point of view of French statehood criminals. Here were kept the Huguenots, disgraced politicians, the leaders of the Paris commune, as well as the most dangerous criminals.

This fortress was built in the first half of the XVI century by order of king Francis I as a defensive structure to protect Marseille. The prison she was at the end of the XVI century and it actually remained until 1871. His novel Alexandre Dumas wrote in 1845, and in 1890, the castle was open to curious visitors.

As a prison, the castle has acquired many legends and gained fame as the place from which you cannot escape, many prisoners died from the terrible conditions of imprisonment, and their bodies were thrown from the battlements into the sea. From prison on the Isle d'if was made of only one escape, and he is fictional, made a hero of Dumas ' Edmond Dantes. And as the Fort of the castle was never attacked, since the enemies are terrified to have a view of the fortress.