Mont-Saint-Michel
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"Before Goya you have to go back to the medieval chaps who did the gargoyles and chimeras on Notre Dame and Mont Saint-Michel. They believed all sorts of things -- and maybe they saw all sorts of things too…"-- "Pickman's Model" (1926) by H.P. Lovecraft |
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Mont Saint-Michel is an island commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre 1 km off the country's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. The island has a population of 44 (2009).
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See also
- Carolingian architecture
- Carolingian art
- La Mère Poulard
- List of Carolingian monasteries
- Manoir de Brion
- Saint Michael (Roman Catholic)
- Mont Saint Michel Abbey
- Mont Saint Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams
- Aristote au mont Saint-Michel by Sylvain Gouguenheim
- Mont Saint-Michel in popular culture
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