66kms north of Rennes and 52kms east of Saint-Malo, Mont St Michel is a famous tidal island and main land in Normand, France that is gradually sinking. This rocky islet attracts some of the greatest minds and manuscript illuminators in Europe. Mont St Michel, a famous sanctuary in Manche department became a renowned centre of learning and has been included in the film Harry Potter.
Mont St Michel, the home of the largest tildes in Europe, that has tildes that reaches to about 14 metres, this landmark has a circular shape and is 900 metres in circumstance. Mont St Michel consists a granite outcrop rising sharply to 78 metres out of Mont St Michel Bay that lays between Brittany and Normandy. Known as the most famous landmark in the world, Mont St Michel is attracted to many people because of the gothic landmark's gem of medieval architecture that presides over a scenic coastline.
In the past, Mont St Michel was originally named Mont-Tombe in the 8th Century but was soon changed by the bishop of Avranches, St Aubert. The landmark had rapidly become a pilgrimage centre and in 966, Benedictine abbey was built. Mont St Michel was built to honour the divine persona after his third and final decision.
The Mont St Michel, a collage of a fortress, village and pinnacle abbey was constructed majority in the 12th to 16th centuries. This breath-taking landmark was carved on and into a lump of rock at 73 metres high. It took over 1300 years, showing the mastery and skill of several generations of builders.
Mont Saint Michel, built on the cost of Normandy, originally had train tracks called La Lingne de Pontorson au Mont-Saint-Michel but soon dismantled in the Second World War but still remains the most intriguing facts about Mont Saint Michel.