Monks Refectory, Merveille, Mont-Saint-Michel
The Monks Refectory, completed 1215, with a double nave with double-arched vaults, a tiled floor and 9 large windows, in the Merveille, built 1203-28, to the North of the Abbey Church, built with a donation from the King of France, Philip Augustus, at Mont-Saint-Michel or St Michael's Mount, a tidal island housing a Benedictine abbey founded in 966, and other medieval buildings within strong defensive ramparts, Normandy, Northern France. Mont-Saint-Michel is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and its abbey and many other buildings are historic monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13437355
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45126207
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5906px x 5181px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
