MONT SAINT MICHEL

MONT SAINT MICHEL

We have arrived to the Fortified ABY in the title island of M Sam Melle in the province of n follow us in our Adventure The Island lies approximately 1 km of France’s Northwestern Coast at the mouth of the Kon river near avange a rocky title Island mon Michelle and it surrounding Bay were inscribed on the UNESCO list of world Heritage sites in 1979 for its unique aesthetic and importance as a Catholic child it is

Visited by more than 3 million people each year over 60 buildings being the commune are protected in France as Monument Historics run forest Run we walk for the shadow of death for here we are in [Laughter] Melle Fortress Prison The main street has souvenir shops restaurants couple of hotels and obviously it’s full of tourists but it’s quite historical and very interesting to visit For foreign speee Thank with beautiful Medieval houses it does remind you a bit of Harry Potter’s hogers doesn’t it Suree the ramps the post offic T so For spee speech foreign foreign Speech Oh The tides vary greatly at roughly 40 m between highest and lowest watermarks poply nicknamed St Michael imp peral of the Sea by medieval pilgrims making their way across the flats the mount can still pose danger for visitors who avoid the cost way an attempt the Hazardous walk across the sand from the neighboring Coast Oh A Wasn’t there that easy when we got to the top the Abby was closed Lord me hold it was close damn it we’ll have to come back again we already stay in 10 minutes ride from mon Michelle so that’s no Problem Mission have accomplished tomorrow it will be mission accomplished for sure Time to head back to our cabin at the camping site we’re staying tonight and get something to eat after all the exertion we’ve done today and a bit of shopping maybe before we Leave You thanks for serving guys On Plenty of souvenirs to buy in these little shops quite amazing stuff you can buy There All As we leave for the day you can see how the tide has risen and now where we walk before there only Water because mron is coming to town to to see us 7958 good morning all here we are in Melle to the look were walking there and now it’s Water it’s quick so you get sacked in try to get in there right now on S Melle who’s coming To That’s right hey little fellow that’s a little that’s true see chicken so massive come back in the yes I’m Going fore I’m singing Song for Wa Having fun yes enjoying monster Michelle love it how come home he them B Oh Extion so PR is coming here After The Great Hall where the monks used to sit down to pray and maybe a bit of chi chaa as well who knows and you feel the girl who goes there who goes There d Take Blow forever the sunlight Shining and you see the love of Free Chim Chim Chim CH Chim CH I some Comics Stand By Me Oh baby baby When the Time the grand room Forign speech speech speee fore Fore so Going to the Dungeons H set alive with the sound of Music Mon and Bury foreign fore spee spee Spe yeah alcatra welcome to Alcatra Me 7 tell m Good This Hello yeah mer AP St a l Okaye This the lane the Lane Do it you going do It Did it I did it before the construction of the first monastic establishment in the 8th Century the island was called monum according to a legend the archangel Michael appeared in 708 to Obed of aaran the bishop of aaran and instructed him to build a church on the rocky

Isolet unable to defend his kingdom against the assaults of the Vikings the king of the Frank agreed to Grant the con Peninsula and the aarin including Mon and Michelle toally link to the city of aan to the Britains in the Treaty of comp this marked the beginning of a brief

Period of Breton possession of the month in fact these lands and mons and Melle were never really included in the Tachi of Britany around 99 to 90 these teral bips depending on the as Ash Bish of ruin that had been left vacant during the time of Viking ra regained their

Bishop the mound gained strategic significance again in 933 when William the first long sword Annex the contentin peninsula from the weakened thaty of Britany this made the mount defy part of Normandy and is depicted in the biotapestry which commemorates the Norman Conquest Harold good Winson is picted on the tapestry rescuing two

Night Norman knights from the quicksand in the title Flats during the Breton Norman War normal Norman D D ponage final the spectacular Norman architecture of the Abby in subsequent Centuries during the 100 Years War English forces unsuccessfully besieged B sub M the first Siege started in 1423 and was lifted the next year in 1433 an English Force equipped with ro iron bombards and under the command of Thomas scales seventh Baron scales again besieged the island it was likewise

Lifted the next year and scales men abandoned two bombards they had used during The Siege on the 17th of June 1454 which were recovered by the French and are currently on display when Louis the 11th of France founded the order St Michael in 1469 he intended that the Abby Church of

Mon s Michelle become the chapel for the order but because of his great distance from Paris his intention could never be realized the wealth and influence of the Abby extended to many daughter foundations including St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall its popularity and Prestige as a center of pilgrimage wained with

The reformation and by the time of the French Revolution there were scarcely any monks in Residence the Abby was closed and converted into a prison initially to hold clerical opponents of the Republican regime high profile political prisoners followed by 1836 influential figures including in Victor Hugo had launched a campaign to restore

What was seen as a natural architectural treasure the prison was closed in 1863 in 1872 the highly decorated French architect of historic monuments eduward corer was responsible for assessing the condition of the mon it took him about 2 years to convince his minister to classify mon Melle a historic monent and

It was officially declared as such a 1874 from then on this highly qualified and educated architect and member of the Academy of Fine Arts devoted himself entirely to Restoration of lamille under his Direction gigantic Works were undertaken starting with the most urgent and devoted 15 years of his life to his

Work he wrote four works on the building and he name his name remains forever attached to Resurrection on Mon Sam Michelle during the occupation of France in World War II German soldiers occupied Bon s Michelle where they used St Orit church as a lookout post the island was

A major attraction from German tourists and Soldiers with around 325,000 German tourists from July the 18th 1940 to the end of the occupational front after the Allies initial D-Day invasion of Normandy that began June the 6th 1944 many exhausted German soldiers retreated to strongholds like mon Michelle on

August the 1st 1944 a single American Soldier private Freeman borrower of Pennsylvania and the 72nd publicity service Battalion reached and liberated monan Michelle accompanied by two British reporters gold mcgan of the New York sun and Paul HT with the London Daily Express jubilan crowds of local greeted borer hold am magaan and

Borer signed the golden book The Island record of visiting nobility at the mayor’s invitation the Abby was also used as a prison for the first time since the French Revolution when male cators with the Germans were jailed there m and Michelle and his Bay were added to the UNESCO list of world

Heritage sites in 1979 and it was listed with criteria such as cural historical and Architectural significance as well as human created and natural history if you’re ever in the Nory area we do recommend you come and visit M Sam Michelle Please Subscribe like and Comment h

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