| | Mont Saint Michel | | Mont St. Michel was built between the 11th and 16th centuries. Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany stands a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey dedicated to the archangel St. Michael, and the village that grew up in the shadow of its great walls. | | PROTECTED | | | | | Copyright Alex Sigalovsky, CRNA, MSN | | |