The Cloister of Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey,Normandyの写真素材

The Mont-Saint-Michel abbey is located within the city and island of Mont-Saint-Michel in Lower Normandy, in the department of Manche.The abbey is an essential part of the structural composition of the town the feudal society constructed. On top God, the abbey and monastery, below this the Great halls, then stores and housing, and at the bottom, outside the walls, fishermen and farmers housing.The abbey is protected as a French monument historique since 1862. Since 1979 the site as a whole, the Mont Saint-Michel and its bay, is a UNESCO world heritage site and is managed by the Centre des monuments nationaux.