Interesting facts about Mont Saint-Michel
For the glory of God
The monastery was built to glorify Christ. At first, chapels appeared in the west, east, south and north of the island. The first of them was Notre-Dame-sous-Terre ("Our Lady Underground"). It was erected on the foundations of the first temple of the early Middle Ages. After that, they began to build a large temple, the beginning of construction brought features of the Romanesque style to its appearance, and the end - Gothic. The monastery consists of two three-story buildings with a cloister courtyard (food for the spirit), in the western building there is a cellar (food for the flesh) and a room for creating and copying manuscripts (food for the mind), and in the eastern - a refectory for monks and beggars, as well as a ceremonial hall for meeting honored guests.
In addition to these buildings, an abbot's house and utility rooms were built.
The idea of glorifying God was embodied in the modern appearance of the abbey: in 1897, a modern tower with a spire reaching to the sky appeared, crowned with a gilded sculpture of the Archangel Michael.
Miracles at Mont Saint-Michel
Legends of miraculous healings and rescues create a truly fairytale aura around the monastery. One legend tells how a prayer to the Virgin Mary helped a young mother escape the tide on a tiny island and give birth to a healthy baby. Others talk about the miraculous properties of the water in which the skull of the founder of the monastery, Saint Aubert, was washed.
Modern pilgrims walk to Mont Saint-Michel without using vehicles.
World Heritage
At the end of the 19th century, the island fortress was given the status of a monument of historical significance and protected by the state, and since 1979, Mont Saint-Michel has been included in the list of monuments of world significance and protected by UNESCO.
Environmental issues
The dam that connected the mainland and the island led to a real ecological disaster: the disruption of the circulation of sea waters led to the bay filling with sand and becoming shallow. It was possible to get to the island "by water", which was very popular among pilgrimage groups.
A project to partially transform the dam into a bridge has now been implemented, and environmentalists are predicting the restoration of the natural state of the water basin.
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