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A trip to Mont Saint-Michel, a fortress town on the English Channel

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The fortress town Mont Saint-Michel, located in Normandy, France, has existed for more than 13 centuries. This place is the setting of many old legends. According to one of them, in 708, Archangel Michael appeared before Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches.

The fortress town Mont Saint-Michel, located in Normandy, France, has existed for more than 13 centuries. This place is the setting of many old legends. According to one of them, in 708, Archangel Michael appeared before Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches.

© Photo : Anton AlekseevThe fortress town of Mont Saint-Michel, located in Normandy, France, has existed for more than 13 centuries. The island is a granite rock 930 meters in diameter and 92 meters above sea level.
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The fortress town of Mont Saint-Michel, located in Normandy, France, has existed for more than 13 centuries. The island is a granite rock 930 meters in diameter and 92 meters above sea level.
© Photo : Anton AlekseevMont Saint-Michel is famous for the Benedictine Abbey built in the 11-14th centuries.
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Mont Saint-Michel is famous for the Benedictine Abbey built in the 11-14th centuries.
© Photo : Anton AlekseevThis place is the setting of many old legends. According to one of them, in 708, Archangel Michael appeared before Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches.
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This place is the setting of many old legends. According to one of them, in 708, Archangel Michael appeared before Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches.
© Photo : Anton AlekseevInterior court of the abbey.
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Interior court of the abbey.
© Photo : Anton AlekseevThe quick-moving sands surrounding the island and the speed of high tide are equal to that of a horse and protected the island from invaders.
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The quick-moving sands surrounding the island and the speed of high tide are equal to that of a horse and protected the island from invaders.
© Photo : Anton AlekseevA small yacht can enter the waters after high tide where in this picture there is sand.
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A small yacht can enter the waters after high tide where in this picture there is sand.
© Photo : Anton AlekseevThis is a unique medieval town and the functional abbey and both are located on a granite rock in the center of the bay.
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This is a unique medieval town and the functional abbey and both are located on a granite rock in the center of the bay.
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