It was exactly a millennium ago that the first stone of the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel, in French Normandy, was laid. The monument that poet Victor Hugo called the “Khéops of the West” has ...

1,000 years have passed since construction began on France's iconic Mont-Saint-Michel. The millennium-old abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of France's top tourist attractions outside Paris.

I love to scamper, at low tide, shoes in my hands, far from shore, across the mudflat in the vast Bay of Mont St-Michel. Splashing across black sand and through little puddles, I head for a dramatic ...

PARIS (AP) — France's beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It's been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key ...

Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France, is celebrating its 1,000th birthday this year. The abbey has endured wars, high tides, and centuries of wear and tear from residents and tourists. It's a UNESCO ...

I'll never forget my first glimpse of Mont Saint Michel rising from the misty coastline of Normandy. It's a sight that stops you in your tracks and makes you wonder if you've stumbled into a fairy ...

Any photographer can take a pretty picture of a place, but William Clift sees its timeless soul. One such place is Mont St. Michel, a tidal island connected at low tide to the coast of Normandy, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The history of Mont-St-Michel provides context for the witty comparisons made between the Giant of Mont-St-Michel and Saint Michael himself in ...