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  2. Château d'If - Wikipedia

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    The Château d'If (French pronunciation: [ʃɑto dif]) is a fortress located on the Île d'If, the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago, situated about 1.5 kilometres (7 ⁄ 8 mile) offshore from Marseille in southeastern France. Built in the 16th century, it later served as a prison until the end of the 19th century.

  3. List of castles in France - Wikipedia

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    The French word château has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English. This list focuses primarily on architectural entities that may be properly termed castle or fortress ( French : château-fort ), and excludes entities not built around a ...

  4. Château - Wikipedia

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    Château de Versailles. A château (French pronunciation:; plural: châteaux) is a manor house, or palace, or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.

  5. The Count of Monte Cristo - Wikipedia

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    Château d'If . After six years of solitary imprisonment in the Château d'If, Dantès is on the verge of suicide when another prisoner, the Abbé Faria, an Italian scholarly priest, digs an escape tunnel that by mistake ends in Dantès's cell. The Abbé helps Dantès deduce the culprits of his imprisonment.

  6. List of châteaux in France - Wikipedia

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    The French word château (French pronunciation:; plural: châteaux) has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English.

  7. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    In French, it means "beginning." The English meaning of the word exists only when in the plural form: [faire] ses débuts [sur scène] (to make one's débuts on the stage). The English meaning and usage also extends to sports to denote a player who is making their first appearance for a team or at an event. décolletage a low-cut neckline ...

  8. Wait, What? Here's Exactly What 'DNI' Means on Social Media - AOL

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    DNI Meaning. These days, we have plenty of forms of communication—from phones, computers, social media and more. This has led to plenty of ways to communicate as well, like using shorthand and ...

  9. Island castle - Wikipedia

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    The Chateau d'If is situated on the southern coast of France; The English counterpart to Mont-Saint-Michel is St Michael's Mount in Cornwall; Switzerland's iconic Chillon Castle sits on a small island on the eastern end of Lake Geneva; The Aragonese Castle is situated in the Gulf of Naples