It was the year 708, and, as recorded later in the 9th century text “La Revelation,” St. Michael had ordered the bishop to build a chapel on Mont Tombe, a rocky island at the mouth of the Couesnon ...

A monk surrounded by tourists rings the bell for Mass in the abbey at Mont-Saint-Michel. Maciek Nabrdalik Tourists pose in the abbey courtyard. Maciek Nabrdalik A chapel perched precariously ...