The île d'Or is a private island located at the east of the city of
Saint-Raphaël in
France
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, facing the cape of Le Dramont. This small island is composed of
porphyry (russet rocks) and surmounted by a tower reminiscent of the Middle Ages said to have been the inspiration for
The Black Island
''The Black Island'' () is the seventh volume of ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper for its children's supplement , it was serialised weekly from A ...
in
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ( ; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of T ...
's ''
The Adventures of Tintin
''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...
'' series. Viewed from the sea from the left side of the tower, a rock, commonly thought to resemble the profile of a gorilla, also recalls the comic books of
Hergé
Georges Prosper Remi (; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé ( ; ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials ''RG'', was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating ''The Adventures of T ...
.
The île d'Or is a "site classé" (a protected geographical formation), since 17 March 1941. The island is included with this status inside the
Massif de l'Esterel
The Massif de l'Esterel (Occitan Provençal: ''Esterèu''; English: Esterel Massif) is a Mediterranean coastal mountain range in the departments of Var and Alpes-Maritimes on the French Riviera. Neighbouring cities are Mandelieu-la-Napoule and ...
since 3 January 1996.
Gallery
File:Ile dOr France.jpg, ÃŽle d'Or as seen from the village of Cap Esterel (2010)
File:Cap du Dramont et ile d'Or.jpg, ÃŽle d'Or as seen from the E (2007)
File:Débarquement de Provence. Saint-Raphaël. Île d'Or.jpg, Île d'Or from the NNW, as American soldiers disembark a landing craft (August 1944)
File:Île d’Or - frontal.jpg, Île d’Or as seen from the NW (2019)
See also
The
îles d'Hyères, in the same region, are also called ''the îles d'Or'' (Golden islands).
References
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Micronations in France
Private islands of France
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