Location pre-spotted by Film France network
36761
updated: 05/03/2022
The Mont Saint-Michel
50170 Le Mont Saint-Michel
France
Contact the commission

Normandy Film Commission - locations of Calvados and Manche

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36761
The Mont Saint-Michel
50170 Le Mont Saint-Michel
France
Contact the commission

Normandy Film Commission - locations of Calvados and Manche

| +33 (0)2 31 06 23 23

Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Février 2019
Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Février 2019
Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Février 2019
Credits: BAT Normandie - Site de Caen
Caption: Février 2019
Location type
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