Mont Saint-Michel is an island in the Lower Normandy region and is one of the most visited tourist destinations in France. The island is connected to the mainland by a causeway build in 1879. According to the legend, Archangel Saint-Michael instructed the bishop of Avranches to build an abbey at the top of the rocky island.
At the bottom of Mont-St-Michel is a small village, this was build in the Middle Ages at the same time as the abbey was developping. The walk to the top is on a steep and narrow cobblestone street through this village.
Mont Saint-Michel was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979.
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