Illustration - Aerial View of France
FRANCE. BOUCHES DU RHONE (13) FRIOUL ARCHIPELAGO: AERIAL VIEW OF THE ISLAND AND THE CHATEAU D'IF. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS FORTRESSES IN THE WORLD. AT JUST THREE HECTARES, IF IS THE SMALLEST ISLAND IN FRANCE, YET ITS NAME HAS BEEN MADE WORLD-FAMOUS BY ALEXANDRE DUMAS. AFTER THE FALL OF NAPOLEON, THE STORY OF THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO BEGAN IN THE 19TH CENTURY UNDER THE PEN OF ITS WRITER. HIS HERO WAS LOCKED UP IN THE CHATEAU D'IF, WHICH WAS A PRISON FOR 400 YEARS. EVEN IN THOSE DAYS, THE CONDITIONS OF DETENTION IN THIS PENITENTIARY WERE RAGING. TWO CENTURIES AFTER THE PUBLICATION OF ALEXANDRE DUMAS' BOOK, VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE STILL FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF EDMOND DANTES. THESE TRACES LEAD THEM TO DISCOVER THE REAL HISTORY OF THIS FORTRESS BUILT BY FRANCOIS 1ST 500 YEARS AGO. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM
- Product Code
- ILEA004493077
- Registered date
- 2021/3/30 00:00:00
- Credit
- Abaca Press / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Compoint Stephane/Only France/ABACA
- Media size
- 5000 × 3333 pixel
- Resolution
- 72 dpi
- Deployment size
- 4.09(MB)*
- Special instruction
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.
