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Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay

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France
Date of Inscription: 1979
Extension: 2007
Criteria: (i)(iii)(vi)
Core zone: 6558 ha
Buffer zone: 57589 ha
Department of Manche, Region of Basse-Normandie
N48 38 8.016 W1 30 38.016
Ref: 80bis

Brief Description

Perched on a rocky islet in the midst of vast sandbanks exposed to powerful tides between Normandy and Brittany stand the 'Wonder of the West', a Gothic-style Benedictine abbey dedicated to the archangel St Michael, and the village that grew up in the shadow of its great walls. Built between the 11th and 16th centuries, the abbey is a technical and artistic tour de force, having had to adapt to the problems posed by this unique natural site.

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