Location type
Categories
Environment
Seaside,
Village
General presentation
Location Condition Type
Well maintained
Location History
In 708, a dream led Saint Aubert, the bishop of Avranches, to create a shrine to Saint Michael at this site. Mont Saint-Michel then became one of the major pilgrimage destinations in medieval Christendom.
Construction period
Xth Century,
XIth Century,
XIIth Century,
XIIIth Century,
XIVth Century,
XVth Century,
XVIth Century
Dominant style
Gothic - Middle Ages,
Roman