Mont Saint Michel France 6
by Rudi Prott
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Mont Saint Michel France 6
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Rudi Prott
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The Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey is an abbey located within the city and island of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy at the French channel coast.
The abbey is an essential part of the structural composition of the town which the feudal society constructed: on top the abbey and monastery; below this the Great halls, then stores and housing.
Since 1979 the site as a whole (the Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay) is an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The first text about an abbey is from the 9th century. This text was written at a time of power struggle between Brittany and the County of Normandy against Francia as well as during canon law reforms by Roman emperors.
In 710 the former Mont Tombe was renamed Mont-Saint-Michel au péril de la Mer (Mount Saint Michael at the peril of the sea) after an oratory was erected to Saint Michael by bishop Saint Aubert of Avranches in 708. The March 709 tsunami is supposed to have destroyed the Scissy forest and turned the Mont into an island. On October 16, 709, the bishop dedicated the church and put twelve chanoine there. The Mont-Saint-Michel was born.
Today the rocky island and its abbey is one of the main tourist attractions of France.
Copyright by Rudi Prott.
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July 29th, 2022
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