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Saint-Marguerite Islandin Cannes, France

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Covered with a dense forest, a three kilometer island with only a dozen buildings is famous for the Fort Royal located here, where a prisoner in an iron mask was kept.
Saint-Marguerite Island, Cannes
Despite the fact that the island is only three kilometers long from west to east and 900 meters wide, it is the largest one of the Lerin Islands. It's history dates back to the times of Ancient Greece, when it was known as Lero. Only after when the Crusaders arrived, and built the Saint Margaret chapel here, the island received it's present name.

Saint-Marguerite IslandPhoto: Saint-Marguerite Island

Nowadays you can find here: a few shops for tourists and a dozen fishing huts, a cemetery, a church and a boat station. Also two small villas of the Indian millionaire Vijay Mallya and the owner of the team Formula 1 Force India take place here. And of course, the most popular place to visit is Fort Royal - a prison where many dangerous criminals and, of course, a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask were kept.

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