Mont Saint Michel

A little bit of history:

The « Wonder of the Western World » forms a tower in the heart of an immense bay invaded by the highest tides in Europe.

It was at the request of the Archangel Michel « chief of the celestial militia » that Aubert, Bishop of Avranches built and consecrated a small church on the 16th October 709. In 966 a community of Benedictines settled on the rock at the request of the Duke of Normandy and the pre-Romanesque church was built before the year one thousand.


Quite an impressive sight and enjoyable visit. O was really keen to explore the alleys and steps but D proved more difficult as he insisted on walking and doing his own exploring which meant going anywhere that we weren't going!