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
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2. 966:
Duke Richard I imposes Benedictine rule
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3. 1017:
work on Romanesque abbey church begins; village grows up below
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4. 1434:
ramparts completed during Hundred Years’ War
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5. 1789:
monks leave; abbey converted to a political prison during the French Revolution
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6. 1874:
becomes a Historic Monument and opens to the public
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7. 1877:
construction of causeway linking the Mont and the mainland
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8. 1969:
Benedictine monks return
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9. 1979:
UNESCO designates Mont-St-Michel a World Heritage Site
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10. 2003:
work starts on bay project including bridge to mainland
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