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Mont-Saint-Michel

Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island off the coast of Normandy, near the border with Brittany, crowned by a Benedictine abbey dedicated to the Archangel Michael. A sanctuary was founded there in 708 and a Benedictine community in 966 under the dukes of Normandy. Its fortified abbey resisted English sieges during the Hundred Years' War, and the site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mont-Saint-Michel
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Mont-Saint-Michel. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mont-saint-michel
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The Epoch Institute. “Mont-Saint-Michel.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/mont-saint-michel.
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