Back Street in Mont Saint Michel
by Hugh Smith
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Back Street in Mont Saint Michel
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Hugh Smith
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Photograph - Photographs
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The commune's position � on an island just 600 metres from land � made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, but defensible as an incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The Mont remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War; a small garrison fended off a full attack by the English in 1433.[2] The reverse benefits of its natural defence were not lost on Louis XI, who turned the Mont into a prison. Thereafter the abbey began to be used more regularly as a jail during the Ancien R�gime.
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September 9th, 2017
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Tatiana Travelways
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