- Drive down to a tiny island off the coast of Normandy and spend your day basking in the glory of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey with entry tickets.
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- Duration: Take as much time as you want to get your fill of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey and the village.
- Started in the 9th century, construction work on the Mont Saint Michel abbey continued till the 19th century. ... Suggested Read: Inside Abbey Mont Saint Michel.
- The abbey, the fortified village with its large walls and the uniquely placed buildings - all together give the Mont Saint Michel its amazing character and silhouette.
- The monks who built the Abbey, the Mont Saint-Michel prisons, the famous periscope to discover the Bay.
- From 966 onwards, the dukes of Normandy, followed by the French kings, supported the development of a major Benedictine abbey on Mont-Saint-Michel.
- More recently, in 1966, as a consequence of the celebration of the monastic millennium, a community of Benedictine monks settled in the Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey.
- As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mont-Saint-Michel and its Abbey exert an irresistible allure, attracting** over three million awe-struck visitors each year**.
- In turn monastery, cultural and spiritual center of Christianity, place of pilgrimage and devotion, citadel and prison, Mont Saint-Michel is part of French history.