It was the year 708, and, as recorded later in the 9th century text “La Revelation,” St. Michael had ordered the bishop to build a chapel on Mont Tombe, a rocky island at the mouth of the Couesnon ...

The history of Mont Saint Michel is a captivating tale of transformation. What began as a humble hermitage in 708 AD, when Bishop Aubert of Avranches built a sanctuary on the island after ...

A monk surrounded by tourists rings the bell for Mass in the abbey at Mont-Saint-Michel. Maciek Nabrdalik Tourists pose in the abbey courtyard. Maciek Nabrdalik A chapel perched precariously ...

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