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            Le Mont Saint-Michel (English: Saint Michael's Mount) is a small rocky island topped by a famous Gothic abbey. It is located approximately one kilometer off the coast of Brittany and Normandy at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. 
The Couesnon River is the final stretch of the border between Normandy and Brittany. 
The Mont-Saint-Michel is connected by a causeway with the mainland. 
The abbey of Mont Saint-Michel that dates back to the 11th century is a unique building. Constrained by the pyramidal shape of the mount sourrounded with the sandy grounds and quicksilver, its medieval builders wrapped the buildings around the 80 meter high granite rock. A well-preserved medieval village is nestled at the bottom of the Mont St-Michel geological mount. 
The population is 50. The impressive island you see from afar lie.
The Mont Saint-Michel and its bay were added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1979, and it was listed with criteria such as cultural, historical, and architectural significance, as well as human-created and natural beauty.

Le Mont Saint-Michel is een klein rotsachtig eiland met een beroemde gotische abdij. 
Het is gelegen op ongeveer een kilometer voor de kust van Bretagne en Normandië aan de monding van de rivier de Couesnon de buurt van Avranches. De rivier de Couesnon vormt de natuurlijke grens tussen Bretagne en Normandië, waar de Mont Saint-Michel onder valt. Het is door een dijk verbonden met het vasteland, waardoor het dus eigenlijk een schiereiland is.
De abdij van Mont Saint-Michel, dat dateert uit de 11e eeuw is een uniek gebouw. Ingeperkt door de piramidevorm van de rots hebben de middeleeuwse bouwers de gebouwen rond de 80 meter hoge granieten rots gewikkeld. Een goed bewaard gebleven middeleeuwse dorp is gelegen aan de onderkant van de rots. Het bevolkingsaantal is 50. Wanneer je naar het eilandje toerijdt heb je ook een prachtig en indrukwekkend uitzicht op de Mont Saint Michel en zijn abdij.
In 1979 werd de Mont Saint-Michel en de omliggende baai uitgeroepen tot werelderfgoed door de UNESCO.
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Taken in: France / Basse-Normandie / Le Mont-St.-Michel (show map)

Taken on: June 29, 2010

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