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Le Mont-Saint-Michel - Normandy, France

Now a rocky tidal island, the Mont occupied dry land in prehistoric times. As sea levels rose, erosion reshaped the coastal landscape. Mont Saint-Michel consist...
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Now a rocky tidal island, the Mont occupied dry land in prehistoric times. As sea levels rose, erosion reshaped the coastal landscape. Mont Saint-Michel consists of leucogranite, which solidified from an underground intrusion of molten magma about 525 million years ago. The original site was founded by an Irish hermit who gathered a following from the local community. According to legend, the archangel Michael appeared in 708 to Aubert of Avranches, the bishop of Avranches, and instructed him to build a church on the rocky islet.
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