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The Mont-Saint-Michel Bay ( French: baie du Mont-Saint-Michel, pronounced [bɛ dy mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Breton: Bae Menez-Mikael) is located between Brittany (to the south west) and the Normandy peninsula of Cotentin (to the south and east). [2] The bay was listed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1979 for its aesthetic quality and its ...
The Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey is an abbey located within the city and island of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, in the department of Manche . The abbey is an essential part of the structural composition of the town the feudal society constructed. On top, God, the abbey, and monastery; below this, the Great halls, then stores and housing, and at ...
Mont-Saint-Michel [3] (French pronunciation: [lə mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miʃɛl]; Norman: Mont Saint Miché; English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a tidal island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island [ 4 ] lies approximately one kilometre (one-half nautical mile) off France's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near ...
Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ miʃɛl ɑ̃ lɛʁm]) is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. One of the most famous local landmarks is the Abbey of Saint-Michel-en-l'Herm. The abbey dates from 682 AD when it was constructed by Benedictine monks from Noirmoutier. In 1569 ...
The Basilica of St Michael ( Basilique Saint-Michel, in French), is a Flamboyant Gothic church in Bordeaux, France . In 1998, UNESCO designated the Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France as a World Heritage Site, including the three main churches of Bordeaux : the basilica of St Severinus, the basilica of St Michael and the cathedral of St ...
The Fontaine Saint-Michel ( French pronunciation: [fɔ̃.tɛn sɛ̃.mi.ʃɛl]) is a monumental fountain located in Place Saint-Michel in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. It was constructed in 1858–1860 during the French Second Empire by the architect Gabriel Davioud. It has been listed since 1926 as a monument historique by the French ...
Area code. 819. Highways. R-309. R-311. Website. www .montsaintmichel .ca. Mont-Saint-Michel is a municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality .
Location of the communauté (dark red) in Normandy. Communauté d'agglomération Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie is a communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure. It covers the southern part of the Manche department, in the Normandy region, northwestern France. Created in 2017, its seat is in Avranches. [1] Its area is 1,543.9 km 2.