Mont Saint - Michel, great place for pilgrimage and tourism
Published by Asya in Arts, Cultural, Europe, France, Monuments, Museums, Praying, Romantic, Urban Tourism, Walking
Mont Saint-Michel is a small rocky tidal island in Normandy, roughly one kilometre from the north coast of France. Mont-Saint Michel is one of the most spectacular sights in the world. Its name comes from a small island, a granitic outgrowth approaching 960 meters in circumference that reaches 92 meters above the sea, dedicated to Michael archangel. The Mount consecrated to St Michel in 708 was one of the first place of cult for the Archangel Michel with the Gargan’s Mount. UNESCO has classed the Mont Saint-Michel as a world heritage in 1979 and this mecca of tourism welcomes more than three million visitors a year. The church is crowned by a gold leaf statue of St. Michael by Emmanuel Frémiet, reaching a height of 155 metres above the sea.
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