Mont St Michel Beach Photos
These Mont St Michel beach photos can hardly begin to show the majesty and beauty of Mont Saint Michel but I am in hopes that you will be able to experience a small bit o the grandeur that is here. Located in the Normandy region of France and built on a rocky base The photographs found on this page present a view from the ...
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Mont Saint-Michel
Facing east, the Benedictine Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel sits majestically at the top of a 262 foot high pyramid shaped rock in the Normandy Region of France. Built on a summit supported by four crypts, it surrounds the point of the hill. There has been some form of religious site here at Mont Saint-Michel since the early 6th ...
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Saint-Malo Cathedral Inside the Walled City
The Saint-Malo Cathedral or more precisely St Vincent of Saragosse Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Saint-Malo ) was at one time a Benedictine Abbey. Built in Romanesque style at the turn of the 12th century, the church's choir then underwent changes in the 13th century the choir making it gothic ...
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Saint Malo
Read my story in French » Come visit the Breton Coastal Medieval Fortified City of Saint-Malo The old town of Saint-Malo is a great example of a fortified citadel. Walking around the top of city wall when we first arrived gave us an overview (or aerial view) of the walled city. In the 17th century, attacks from ...
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Château de Fougères Delights the Imagination
Château de Fougères dates back to the year 1000 and was the cornerstone of Brittany's border defenses during the Middle Ages. Only a simple tower surrounded most likely by a wooden fence, the first Château was destroyed in 1166 by Henry II Plantagenet. Baron Raoul II (we will see his name again on one of the towers) ...
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Fougères – A Town of Two Parts
The town of Fougères is a short drive from Le Mont Saint Michel and is well worth the visit if you are in this part of Brittany. The Chateau de Fougères dates back to the year 1000 and was at one time the cornerstone of Brittany’s border defenses in the Middle Ages. Fougères originally sprang up as a result of ...
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Brittany’s Magic will call to you time and time again
Brittany, much like Normandy, is predominantly a rural department. The vast coastal face provides you with a variety of experiences from the fortified resort town of Saint Malo to the magic of the Neolithic stones found at Carnac. Inland, there are a myriad of villages some of which will make you feel as if time has ...
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