Notre Dame de la Garde, far
October 10th, 2008 - 10:45pm - No Comments »
Marseille’s Notre Dame de la Garde, from the bottom of the hill. As featured in the very first line of The Count of Monte Cristo.
I didn’t know that this building was featured in The Count of Monte Cristo until we arrived home. Another prominent landmark, the Island d’If, however, is well-known as the island on which the prison in the story is set. We intended to travel to the island while we were in Marseille, but alas the winds were too strong and we were unable to make the short trip.
A shame, since the prison was quite notorious in it’s time, but you can see the island quite clearly from the top of the hill in this shot.
