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STORY: Visitors could be seen waiting at the end of the flooded road leading to the site, as the water made crossing possible only by boat. The abbey was founded in 966, built on a sanctuary dedicated ...

correctionAn earlier version of this story had an image of a fort near Saint-Malo rather than the city of Saint-Malo. This version has been corrected. Mont Saint-Michel draws more than 3 million ...

On the wide expanse of France's northern coast, a vast gothic and Romanesque basilica rises above a rocky island, its dark steeple piercing the summer sky. In the foreground, sheep graze stubbornly on ...

It was exactly a millennium ago that the first stone of the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel, in French Normandy, was laid. The monument that poet Victor Hugo called the “Khéops of the West” has ...

PARIS — France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It has been 1,000 years since the first stone was put in place. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and ...

MONT SAINT-MICHEL, France — The sound of prayer flowed around the centuries-old abbey atop the Mont Saint-Michel, a tidal islet amidst vast sandbanks off France’s northwest coast, drifting down ...

1,000 years have passed since construction began on France's iconic Mont-Saint-Michel. The millennium-old abbey, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of France's top tourist attractions outside Paris.

PARIS, France — We're taking you to one of the most popular attractions in the Olympic host country. When we started planning our WTHR Olympic pre-trip, we kept seeing this incredible place on a tidal ...

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 site and key ...

This island abbey of Mont St-Michel, one of the top pilgrimage sites of Christendom through the ages, floats like a mirage on the horizon, just off the Norman coast of France. For more than a thousand ...