The Huguenot Martyrs memorial

In memory of the long martyrdom of Protestant ministers
Along with the Castle of If, in Marseilles, the Tower of Constance, in Aigues-Mortes, and the Fort of Brescou, in Agde, the fort on the île Sainte-Marguerite is one of the four royal prisons where Protestants were imprisoned in the fort for “religious offenses” in the 17th and 18th centuries.

In 1950 a Huguenot memorial was placed in a former cell. It pays homage to six Protestant ministers jailed for life:

Paul Cardel called Noyer,
Pierre Bruneton called Valsec,
Gabriel Mathurin called Lestang,
Matthieu de Malzac called Bastide, Molen or de Lisle,
Elisée Giraud
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