Mont-Saint-Michel

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Mont-Saint-Mi·chel

M0408700 (môN-săN-mē-shĕl′) A small island off the coast of northwest France in an arm of the English Channel. Crowned by an abbey founded c. 708, it is a major tourist attraction.

Mont-Saint-Michel

(French mɔ̃sɛ̃miʃɛl) n (Placename) a rocky islet off the coast of NW France, accessible at low tide by a causeway, in the Bay of St Michel (an inlet of the Gulf of St Malo): Benedictine abbey (966), used as a prison from the Revolution until 1863; reoccupied by Benedictine monks since 1966. Area: 1 hectare (3 acres)

Mont-Saint-Mi•chel

or Mont Saint Mi•chel

(mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miˈʃɛl)

n. a rocky islet near the coast of NW France, in an inlet of the Gulf of St. Malo: famous abbey and fortress.

Mont-Saint-Michel

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Mont-Saint-Michel

(môN-săN-mēshĕl`), rocky isle (1993 est. pop. 72) in the Gulf of Saint-Malo, an arm of the English Channel, Manche dept., NW France, 1 mi (1.6 km) off the coast, near AvranchesAvranches
, town (1993 est. pop. 9,520), Manche dept., NW France, in Normandy, on the English Channel. Because of its proximity to the rocky island of Mont-Saint-Michel, Avranches has a large tourist trade.
..... Click the link for more information. . The isle was long only accessible by land at low tide, but it was linked with the mainland by a causeway built in 1879, and by 2006 the silting of the surrounding waters caused Mont-Saint-Michel to be truly an island only at extreme high tides. Efforts to reverse the silting have since been undertaken, including the construction of a dam to help flush the silt and the replacement of the causeway with a new causeway and light bridge to allow the waters to circulate around the isle. The celebrated Benedictine abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel was founded in 708 by Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches. A gigantic group of buildings, rising three stories high, serves, with the summit of the cone-shaped rock, as a base for the great abbey church. Six of these structures on the side facing the sea form the unit called La Merveille [the marvel], constructed from 1203 to 1228. Mont-Saint-Michel is one of the most imposing achievements of Gothic architecture. Strongly fortified, the abbey was frequently assaulted by the English in the Hundred Years WarHundred Years War,
1337–1453, conflict between England and France. Causes

Its basic cause was a dynastic quarrel that originated when the conquest of England by William of Normandy created a state lying on both sides of the English Channel. In the 14th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. but was never captured. It remains one of the major tourist attractions of Europe. Henry Adams wrote of it with feeling in Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres.

Mont-Saint-Michel

a rocky islet off the coast of NW France, accessible at low tide by a causeway, in the Bay of St Michel (an inlet of the Gulf of St Malo): Benedictine abbey (966), used as a prison from the Revolution until 1863; reoccupied by Benedictine monks since 1966. Area: 1 hectare (3 acres)

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释义	Mont-Saint-Michel enUK Mont-Saint-Mi·chel M0408700 (môN-săN-mē-shĕl′) A small island off the coast of northwest France in an arm of the English Channel. Crowned by an abbey founded c. 708, it is a major tourist attraction. Mont-Saint-Michel (French mɔ̃sɛ̃miʃɛl) n (Placename) a rocky islet off the coast of NW France, accessible at low tide by a causeway, in the Bay of St Michel (an inlet of the Gulf of St Malo): Benedictine abbey (966), used as a prison from the Revolution until 1863; reoccupied by Benedictine monks since 1966. Area: 1 hectare (3 acres) Mont-Saint-Mi•chel or Mont Saint Mi•chel (mɔ̃ sɛ̃ miˈʃɛl) n. a rocky islet near the coast of NW France, in an inlet of the Gulf of St. Malo: famous abbey and fortress. Mont-Saint-Michel enUK Mont-Saint-Michel (môN-săN-mēshĕl`), rocky isle (1993 est. pop. 72) in the Gulf of Saint-Malo, an arm of the English Channel, Manche dept., NW France, 1 mi (1.6 km) off the coast, near AvranchesAvranches , town (1993 est. pop. 9,520), Manche dept., NW France, in Normandy, on the English Channel. Because of its proximity to the rocky island of Mont-Saint-Michel, Avranches has a large tourist trade. ..... Click the link for more information. . The isle was long only accessible by land at low tide, but it was linked with the mainland by a causeway built in 1879, and by 2006 the silting of the surrounding waters caused Mont-Saint-Michel to be truly an island only at extreme high tides. Efforts to reverse the silting have since been undertaken, including the construction of a dam to help flush the silt and the replacement of the causeway with a new causeway and light bridge to allow the waters to circulate around the isle. The celebrated Benedictine abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel was founded in 708 by Saint Aubert, bishop of Avranches. A gigantic group of buildings, rising three stories high, serves, with the summit of the cone-shaped rock, as a base for the great abbey church. Six of these structures on the side facing the sea form the unit called La Merveille [the marvel], constructed from 1203 to 1228. Mont-Saint-Michel is one of the most imposing achievements of Gothic architecture. Strongly fortified, the abbey was frequently assaulted by the English in the Hundred Years WarHundred Years War, 1337–1453, conflict between England and France. Causes Its basic cause was a dynastic quarrel that originated when the conquest of England by William of Normandy created a state lying on both sides of the English Channel. In the 14th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. but was never captured. It remains one of the major tourist attractions of Europe. Henry Adams wrote of it with feeling in Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres. Mont-Saint-Michel a rocky islet off the coast of NW France, accessible at low tide by a causeway, in the Bay of St Michel (an inlet of the Gulf of St Malo): Benedictine abbey (966), used as a prison from the Revolution until 1863; reoccupied by Benedictine monks since 1966. Area: 1 hectare (3 acres)
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