Evening Magic Mont Saint Michel

by Wayne Moran

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Evening Magic Mont Saint Michel

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Wayne Moran

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Photograph - Fine Art Photography

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The best part of this adventure is that we actually stayed in this historic glorious castle for 3 nights. What a fabulous experience.

Up in the castle there is a little park with a view over this entire place. My wife and I had a picnic with wine, cheese, meats, baguettes and some fruit. Pure heaven.


There were three reasons for our trip to Europe,
1. To visit our son.
2. To see Cinque Terre
3. To experience


Le Mont-Saint-Michel is an island and mainland commune in Normandy, France.

The island is located about one kilometer (0.6 miles) off the country's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 7 hectares (17 acres) in area. The mainland part of the commune is 393 hectares (971 acres) in area so that the total surface of the commune is 400 hectares (988 acres).

As of 2015, the island has a population of 50.

The island has held strategic fortifications since ancient times and since the 8th century AD has been the seat of the monastery from which it draws its name. The structural composition of the town exemplifies the feudal society that constructed it: on top, God, the abbey and monastery; below, the great halls; then stores and housing; and at the bottom, outside the walls, houses for fishermen and farmers.

The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred meters from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. Louis XI recognized the reverse benefits of its natural defense and turned it into a prison. The abbey was used regularly as a prison during the Ancien Régime.

One of France's most recognizable landmarks, visited by more than 3 million people each year, Mont Saint-Michel and its bay are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. Over 60 buildings within the commune are protected in France as monuments histories.


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