By Solène Tadié Paris, France, Jun 13, 2023 / 07:00 am It was exactly a millennium ago that the first stone of the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel, in French Normandy, was laid.

The abbey of Mont Saint Michel welcomes around 2.5 million visitors yearly and even more to the island itself. It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience and one of my favorite day trips in France.

France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key Normandy tourism magnet is being celebrated until November with ...

Mont Saint-Michel, an 11th century abbey and village along France's northern coast, is seen as an island Saturday after a high tide completely submerged the narrow causeway leading to it.

A woman walks on the sand at low tide around the Mont Saint-Michel 11th century abbey off France's Normandy coast, March 2015. At the Mont Saint-Michel, where some of the biggest tides in the ...

St. Aubert undertook the building of a first church, with the capacity of about 100 people; it was consecrated in October 709 and given the name Mont-Saint-Michel-au-péril-de-la-Mer.

PARIS — 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 ...

FILE - Sheeps graze in the fields around the Mont Saint Michel, Wednesday, May 8, 2018, in western France. Franceâ s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age.

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 sit… ...