Le Mont Saint-Michel (Manche) - Le Bastion d'Angle et la Merveille

            The Postcard

A postally unused 'La Douce France' Series carte postale that was published by Les Editions d'Art Yvon of 15, Rue Martel, Paris. 

The image is a glossy real photograph, and the card, which has a divided back, was printed in France.

Le Mont Saint-Michel

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is an island commune in Normandy, France. It is located about 600 metres off the country's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches, and is 100 hectares (247 acres) in area. 

The island has held strategic fortifications since ancient times, and since the 8th. century AD has been the seat of the monastery from which it draws its name. 

The structural composition of the town exemplifies the feudal society that constructed it: on top, God, the abbey and monastery; below, the great halls; then stores and housing; and at the bottom, outside the walls, houses for fishermen and farmers.

The commune's position made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as the fast incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. 

The Mont remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433. 

The reverse benefits of its natural defence were not lost on Louis XI, who turned the Mont into a prison. Thereafter the abbey began to be used more regularly as a jail during the Ancien Régime.

One of France's most recognisable landmarks, visited by more than 3 million people each year, Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay are on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.

Over 60 buildings within the commune are protected in France as Monuments Historiques.

The Great Wheel of Mont St.-Michel

The giant tread-wheel in the Abbey was the most precious and useful tool that was available with the technology of the time. The inhabitants used it to haul boulders, food supplies and other essential items from the landing below. It was used until as recently as the end of the 19th. century.

Taken on: October 4, 2022

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