Mont-Saint-Michel

Normandie · Frankrig · Monastery

The rocky isle and its medieval abbey rise from a bay notorious for quicksand and tides that have swallowed countless pilgrims over the centuries. Tradition holds that a figure in a white robe appears in the fog banks – some say the knight Geoffroy de Saint-Clair, others a monk – guiding the lost to safety or warning of the incoming tide. Medieval accounts already spoke of wandering monks and knights seen around the abbey, and the mount's years as a prison added darker layers still. Around Michaelmas, villages along the bay traditionally kept vigils for the wandering souls of the dead.

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Hvor ligger Mont-Saint-Michel?

Mont-Saint-Michel ligger i Normandie, Frankrig.

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