It was exactly a millennium ago that the first stone of the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel, in French Normandy, was laid. The monument that the poet Victor Hugo called the “Khéops of the West” has ...

Year after year, around 3.5 million people flock to a place that seems to have sprung from a fairy tale - yet is entirely real: Mont-Saint-Michel. The former Benedictine abbey in France's Normandy ...

If you’re looking for a place that feels like it’s straight out of a fairytale, Mont Saint Michel is a must-see. This tiny island, crowned by an impressive abbey and medieval village, rises ...

PARIS (AP) — France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It’s been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key ...

Exactly 1,000 years ago this month, construction started on a magnificent island building off the coast of France that, as it rose improbably from the choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, would become ...

The gigantic project, which cost 209 million euros, allows the sea to surround the Mont Saint-Michel for almost half of the year. Speaking on the occasion, Hollande praised the success of the project ...

correctionAn earlier version of this story had an image of a fort near Saint-Malo rather than the city of Saint-Malo. This version has been corrected. Mont Saint-Michel draws more than 3 million ...

MONT ST. MICHEL, France — While much of the world worries about how to stop sea levels from rising, engineers in this corner of France want to spend $260 million to do just the opposite: raise the ...