Mont Saint Michel Abbey France 1
by Rudi Prott
Title
Mont Saint Michel Abbey France 1
Artist
Rudi Prott
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Photograph - Photography
Description
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.
This is a Gothic building with three levels: the cloister on top, the knight's hall in the middle and the cellar for the (poor) people at the bottom.
Today the rocky island and its abbey is one of the main tourist attractions of France.
Copyright by Rudi Prott.
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August 1st, 2022
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