Mont Saint-Michel by Matthew Novosat https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g en-us 2021-10-27 16:48:56 UTC 2021-11-04 12:27:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f573.png novosatm https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1848935793 Mont-Saint Michel is a desolate islet far off the shore of Europe.]]> 2021-10-27 17:10:04 UTC https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1848935793 Location novosatm https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1854224386 Mont-Saint Michel is an islet located 41 miles north of Rennes and 32 miles east of Saint-Malo.]]> 2021-10-29 15:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1854224386 Size novosatm https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1854240527 Mont-Saint Michel is nearly circular, with a circumference of 3,000 ft. Around the outside is a steep granite cliff rising up to 256 ft.]]> 2021-10-29 15:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1854240527 Architecture novosatm https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1865964477 Perhaps the most noticeable thing about the island is the town. Named the "Wonder of the West," it is a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey built from the 11th to the 16th century.]]> 2021-11-03 22:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1865964477 History novosatm https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1867226863 The Abbey was founded and began construction in the year 966, built on a sanctuary dedicated to the Catholic Arcangel Saint Michael (which was built in 708).]]> 2021-11-04 12:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1867226863 The Church novosatm https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1867240077 In the center of the Abbey is the Notre-Dame-sous-terre (or "Our Mother Underground"), has been standing undoubtedly since the 10th century.]]> 2021-11-04 12:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1867240077 Cites novosatm https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1867258383 https://en.normandie-tourisme.fr/unmissable-sites/the-mont-saint-michel/
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http://www.abbaye-mont-saint-michel.fr/en/Explore/L-histoire-de-l-abbaye-du-Mont-Saint-Michel#]]> 2021-11-04 12:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1867258383 The Abbey Now novosatm https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1867275630 Mont Saint-Michel is becoming more of a tourist attraction than a town nowadays. In 1999, the population was 46 people. In 2014, that number dropped by 10 to 36.]]> 2021-11-04 12:26:37 UTC https://padlet.com/novosatm/hjedn3fyb4dasf6g/wish/1867275630