OT du Mont-Saint-Michel

(OT du Mont-Saint-Michel)

Address : BP 4
Postcode : 50170
Town : LE MONT-SAINT-MICHEL

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Description - Pilgrim tours in France
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Tel : 33 (0) 2 33 60 14 30

Fax : 33 (0) 2 33 60 06 75

Email : ot.mont.saint.michel@wanadoo.fr

Website : http://www.ot-montsaintmichel.com

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General description : Ascent leading to the « Marvel ».

Situated in the middle of a bay, the Mont Saint-Michel welcomes nearly three and a half million people every year this includes visitors, pilgrims and tourists. At the entrance of this medieval town is the ancient Burgher's Guardroom now the Tourist Office. After going through the Boulevard Gate and then the King's Gate fortified with its portcullis, you will find the « Grande Rue » or main street wih its museums, shops and houses dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. The parish church consecrated to St. Pierre, the patron saint of fishermen is a small edifice from the 15th and 16th centuries. Finally we get to the «Grande Degre » or Grande Staircase whose majesty is a prelude to the « Marvel ». After admiring the Abbey church, you can enjoy the beautiful and matchless view over the bay when going down the ramparts path.

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Description of activity "Pilgrim tours in France" : Wonder of the Western world The « Wonder of the Western World » forms a tower in the heart of an immense bay invaded by the highest tides in Europe. It was at the request of the Archangel Michel « chief of the celestial militia » that Aubert, Bishop of Avranches built and consecrated a small church on the 16th October 709. In 966 a community of Benedictines settled on the rock at the request of the Duke of Normandy. For eight centuries they didn¿t stop building new constructions and extensions which helped to beautify the Abbey, and by the end of the 13th century the « Marvel » was built. Thanks to this masterpiece of architecture, or should one say architectures, today one can meditate in the preroman crypt, admire the power and majesty of Roman art, and the beauty of Gothic structures. With Rome and Saint Jacques de Compostelle, this great spiritual and intellectual centre, was one of the most important places of pilgrimage for the Medieval occident. For nearly one thousand years men, women and children went there by roads called « paths to paradise » hoping for the assurance of eternity, given by the Archangel of judgement « Peseur des ames ». The Abbey was turned into a prison during the days of the French Revolution and Empire, and needed to be restored before the end of the 19th century. With the celebration of the monastic's 1000th anniversary, a religious community moved back to what used to be the abbatial dwellings, perpuating prayer and welcome the original vocation of this place. At the same time as the Abbey developed a village grew up and flourished at the foot of its walls to the southeast side of the rock. A commercial tradition has always existed here and today there are many hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops. UNESCO has classed the Mont Saint-Michel as a world heritage and this mecca of tourism welcomes more than three million visitors a year.

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Classification : 2 stars

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