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Normandy : Top 10 Events in the History of Mont-St-Michel

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Top 10 Top 10 Events in the History of Mont-St-Michel

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  • 1. 708:

    Aubert, Bishop of Avranches builds an oratory on Mont Tombe

  • 2. 966:

    Duke Richard I imposes Benedictine rule

  • 3. 1017:

    work on Romanesque abbey church begins; village grows up below

  • 4. 1434:

    ramparts completed during Hundred Years’ War

  • 5. 1789:

    monks leave; abbey converted to a political prison during the French Revolution

  • 6. 1874:

    becomes a Historic Monument and opens to the public

  • 7. 1877:

    construction of causeway linking the Mont and the mainland

  • 8. 1969:

    Benedictine monks return

  • 9. 1979:

    UNESCO designates Mont-St-Michel a World Heritage Site

  • 10. 2003:

    work starts on bay project including bridge to mainland

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