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	Mont Saint-Michel
		Mont Saint Michel is one of the mediaeval West's major legacies of its sacred history.
		Dedicated to Saint Michel in 708 following some miraculous visitations, in 966 it was entrusted by the Duke of Normandy to the Benedictine monks who made the island one of the most important places of pilgrimage in the Christian world, by building on the legend of the founding bishop, Aubert.
		The Mount, dedicated to Saint Michel in 708, was, with Mount Gargan in Southern Italy, one of the principal places of worship consecrated to the archangel in the West.
	members.tripod.com /~tmdiii/Mont_saint_michel.htm (645 words)

	Mont Saint-Michel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mont Saint-Michel (English: Mount Saint Michael) is a small rocky tidal island in Normandy, roughly one kilometre from the north coast of France at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches, close to the border of Brittany, which has led to Breton claims to the mount.
		The spire of Mont St. Michel is visible from the courtyard outside the abbey.
		Mont Saint Michel, along with St Michael's Mount, was an inspiration for the design of Minas Tirith in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King film by Peter Jackson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mont_Saint_Michel (1683 words)

	Mont Saint-Michel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mont St. Michel is on the north coast of France, near the border of Brittany and Normandy.
		Mont St. Michel is a little town and a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey, perched om a rocky, cone-shaped islet in the midst of immense sandbanks exposed to powerful tides.
		Mont Saint-Michel is connected with the mainland by a causeway.
	www.bklein.de /brittany/mont-saint_michel.php (151 words)

	Mont Saint-Michel
		The Mont is half surrounded by water, except twice a day it is besieged by swift moving tides that leave only the causeway route for access.
		Mont Saint-Michel was besieged and taken as part of Philippe Auguste's conquest of Normandy from the Plantangenets in 1214.
		The Romanesque chancel at the Mont collapsed, and could not be rebuilt due to the war.
	xenophongroup.com /montjoie/st-mont.htm (1100 words)

	Mont Saint Michel - Mont St Michel - Louvre France Travel - Louvre Museum - Basque France Travel Vacation
		Mont Saint Michel is a monastery built at the top of a rocky islet that overlooks the sea, right at the border between Brittany and Normandy.
		Mont Saint Michel was an island until a causeway was built at the end of the 19th century.
		Mont Saint Michel was designated an official French National Heritage Site in 1872 and is restored on a yearly basis by the French Government, much to the delight of its visitors.
	www.francemonthly.com /n/0201/index.php (1158 words)

	Mont Saint-Michel
		One of the foremost and most recognizable monuments in France, the Mont Saint-Michel exudes an otherwordly charm (especially at sun-up and sun-down) which grips you from the moment you catch sight of it from far away, rising as it does, 80 metres above the otherwise flat Normandy landscape.
		The Mont is named after the Archangel Saint Michael, who is said to have appeared three times in the dreams of Aubert, the Bishop of Avranches, at the beginning of the 8th century, telling him to build a chapel at the top of what then was called the Mont Tombe.
		The Mont Saint-Michel is 327 km from Paris.
	www.eriksvane.com /mtstmich.htm (479 words)

	Mount St. Michael
		Mont Saint-Michel was built in a strong rock that measures 84 meters height.
		Mont St. Michelle is located near the French town of St. Malo near the intersection of two Northern Province in France: Normandy and Brittany.
		Mont St. Michele's proximity to the Atlantic coast is apparant, if subtle, in the structure of the Castle/abby itself; the roof itself looks like an overturned boat and in fact, local ship-builders were employed to construct it.
	www.castles.org /castles/Europe/Western_Europe/France/france2.htm (2221 words)

	Mont Saint Michel, France
		Mont St-Michel, rising out of the sea in the Baie de St-Michel on the coast of Normandy, is one of the most striking sights that France has to offer.
		This followed the example of Monte Gargano on the southeastern coast of Italy, where the Archangel was said to have appeared in 492.
		From then until the 16th C. a succession of buildings in Romanesque and later in Gothic style were erected on the island, though the inaccessibility of the site must have created difficulties in the supply of materials for the buildings.
	www.planetware.com /france/mont-saint-michel-f-bn-mm.htm (367 words)

	Mont St. Michel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mont St. Michel is on the north coast of France, near the border of Brittany and Normandy, and home to centuries of tradition.
		Mont St. Michel is a small quasi-island, separated by approximately one kilometer of waves from the mainland at high tide.
		Before a causeway was built in 1879, the only approach to the Mont was by foot over this land bridge.
	www.webfoot.com /travel/guides/france/mt.st.mike.html (639 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Mont-St-Michel
		The monastery was founded about the year 708 by St. Aubert, Bishop of Avranches, and according to the legend, by direct command of the Archangel Michael himself, who appeared to the bishop in a dream on three separate occasions.
		At the French Revolution the Maurist monks were ejected and the splendid building became a prison for political offenders while, with unconscious irony, the name of the place was changed from Mont St-Michel to Mont Libre.
		In 1863 the prison was closed and for a few years the abbey was leased to the Bishop of Avranches, but in 1872 the French Government took it over as a national monument and undertook, none too soon, the task of restoration.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10551a.htm (1061 words)

	Mont Saint Michel travel guide - Wikitravel
		Mont Saint Michel [1] (often written Mont St Michel, with other variations) is a small UNESCO World Heritage-listed island located just off the coast of the northern French region of Basse-Normandie, on the border with the neighbouring region of Brittany (the island shares cultural and geographical affinities with both regions).
		The island is best known as the site of the spectacular and well-preserved medieval Benedictine Abbey of St Michel at the peak of the rocky island, surrounded by the winding streets and convoluted architecture of the medieval town.
		Mont Saint Michel has a number of small hotels located within the island township.
	wikitravel.org /en/Mont_Saint_Michel (765 words)

	Site officiel de l’office de tourisme du mont saint michel
		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 the 15th century, the Romanesque chancel of the abbey church, broken down in 1421 was replaced by the Gothic Flamboyant chancel.
		With Rome and Saint Jacques de Compostelle, this great spiritual and intellectual centre, was one of the most important places of pilgrimage for the Medieval occident.
	www.ot-montsaintmichel.com /histoire_gb.htm (474 words)

	La Baie du Mont Saint Michel : Le Mont Saint-Michel
		The circumstances in which the worship of Saint Michel came to be identified with the rock are only to be found in old chronicals, written by monks and containing as many legends as history.
		It can be read in these strange stories that the Archangel Saint Michael appeared one night in the year 708 to Bishop Aubert, who oversaw the town of Avranches and who slept peacefully in his palace near the cathedral.
		The cloister of the Abbey of the Michaelmas Mount
	www.baie-mont-saint-michel.fr /en/mont_saint_michel.php (267 words)

	Mont Saint-Michel
		Legend has it that, in 708, the Bishop of Avranche was visited three times in his sleep by the archangel Saint Michael, who implored him to build a sanctuary in his honor on the Mont Tombe, a small, rocky islet near the coast of Normandy.
		The Bishop obeyed by having a crypt excavated and a chapel erected on the mountain’s summit, thus transforming the Mont Tombe (a mysterious spot once used as a cemetary or a druidic place of worship) into the Mont Saint Michel, light of Christendom.
		From this moment on, the Mont Saint Michel became one of the most imposing monuments dedicated to the glory of God.
	wonderclub.com /WorldWonders/MichelHistory.html (283 words)

	Mont Saint Michel Hotel - France Hotels: Read Hotel Reviews, Compare Hotel Prices, and Make Hotel Reservations at NexTag
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		This charming hotel is in a peaceful village in Normandy not far from Mont Saint Michel and less than an hour from Saint Malo.
		You are sure to fall in love with Villedieu les Poeles, famous for its copper industry and located between Mont Saint Michel and the D day beaches.The town s ancient courtyar...
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	Baie du Mont Saint Michel > Townships of the Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In Bay of the Mount Saint Michel, until 5 Km of the beach, on an extent of sand and water à the mysterious landscapes, are exploited different fashions of traditional fishings.
		The founders of Roz on Couesnon and Saint Brolade left, one on horseback, the other by chariot, and happened to à expeditiously the sea, while the one of Saint Marcan, gone up on a donkey, happened to the last.
		Dice 1995, the big principles of the project of restoration of the maritime character of the Mount Saint Michel is established.
	www.baie-saintmichel.com /communes.php?language=en (1027 words)

	Mont-Saint-Michel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The isle, accessible by land at low tide, is also linked with the mainland by a causeway (built 1875).
		The celebrated Benedictine abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel was founded in 708 by Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches.
		A gigantic group of buildings, rising three stories high, serves, with the summit of the cone-shaped rock, as a base for the great abbey church.
	www.bartleby.com /65/mo/MontStMc.html (213 words)

	Le Mont St-Michel Photo Gallery by Francis Toussaint at pbase.com
		I am going to Mont Saint Michel in May (2005) and your photos have proven to me that it will probably be one of the best experiences I will ever have in this life.
		While Jackie and I were in France last summer, we payed a visit to La Mont Saint Michel and your photo's really capture the atmoshere of the place.
		me and my husband were on mont saint michel this summer and for us it was the most fabulous place on earthwhere we have been,i hope going there next year as soon as possible.congratulions by the fotos they really show the magic of mont saint michel..
	www.pbase.com /francist/le_mont_stmichelle_mont_stmichel&page=all (1556 words)

	Saint Michel, Mont - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		SAINT MICHEL, MONT [Saint Michel, Mont] see Mont-Saint-Michel.
		France's Mont Saint Michel to become island once again
		Mont Saint Michel.Pe traditionnelle au filet "carrelet" en barque.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-x-s1tm1ichel.html (207 words)

	Mont Saint Michel Hotel \|\| Hotel Mont Saint Michel
		Fascinated by rich history and legacy of Mont Saint Michel, France, the western world has always been attracted to this alluring land.
		While in Mont Saint Michel, foreign tourists often face the problem of accommodation if they visit without prior booking of rooms.
		We have maintained goodwill with various hoteliers in Mont Saint Michel, which is the outcome of our sincere approach to come up to the expectation of our guests.
	www.stayresfrance.com /mont-saint-michel-hotels.html (245 words)

	Hotel Auberge Saint-Pierre Le Mont-Saint-Michel - Venere.com
		Michel has a captive market, certainly on weekends and particularly on the weekend when the patron saint of France, St. Michael, is celebrated.
		The hotels and food down the road (not on le mont) are much more reasonable (~40 euros per night) and just as accesible to the island.
		e' un bell'albergo nel cuore di mont saint michel, il prezzo e' anche rapportato al luogo bellissimo in cui si trova, pero' per una notte ne vale la pena.la colazione era abbondante e la pulizia nelle stanze buona...
	en.venere.com /hotels_le_mont_saint_michel/hotel_auberge_saint_pierre.html?action=user_rating&tf=user_rating.php&lg=en (1921 words)

	Mont-Saint-Michel (Le) (Municipality, Manche, France)
		A huge project of restoration of the Bay shall involve the replacement of the dike by a bridge and the suppression of some of the dams that limit fresh water flow into the Bay.
		In the beginning of the VIIIth century, Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches, was ordered by Saint Michael to build a sanctuary on the Mont-Tombe.
		In the IXth century, the border between the two feudal states was fixed as the Couesnon river, which flows into the Bay, and leaves the Mont to its right.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr-50-ms.html (760 words)

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	Le Mont Saint-Michel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Le Mont Saint-Michel, which lies on the border of Brittany and Normandy, as viewed from the south at night.
		Legend has it that in the eighth century, the archangel Michael appeared before a local bishop, who constructed an oratoria (a place dedicated to prayer) on the island.
		One of a pair of crypts beneath the main structure of the monastery and cathedral.
	sourcebook.fsc.edu /history/stmichel.html (245 words)

	Mont Saint Michel
		Contact us to make a reservation for a bus tour to Mont Saint Michel.
		Departing at 7:15, you will drive through the Normandy region and be in awe as you catch your first sight of the Mont Saint Michel, either dominating the white beaches between Normandy and Brittany or emerging from the ocean at high tide.
		Michel abbey and then you'll have time to stroll and shop.
	www.aparistravel.com /MontStMichel_daytour.htm (214 words)

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