The Mont-Saint-Michel, in Normandy, northwestern France in 2020 (Photo by DAMIEN MEYER / AFP) One of France's most visited sites, the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel celebrates its 1,000th birthday (again) ...
It was exactly a millennium ago that the first stone of the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel, in French Normandy, was laid. The monument that the poet Victor Hugo called the “Khéops of the West” has ...
A supertide turned France’s famed Mont Saint-Michel into an island on Saturday and then retreated out of sight, delighting thousands of visitors who came to see the rare phenomenon. The so-called ...
The gigantic project, which cost 209 million euros, allows the sea to surround the Mont Saint-Michel for almost half of the year. Speaking on the occasion, Hollande praised the success of the project ...