on and around the Mont Saint Michel
Photographic reportage by Bertrand RIEGER / hemis.fr
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France :
He pops up from the sands of its immense bay, like a sacred mountain stretching to the sky…Sanctuary, place of pilgrimage, rallying point for the tourists, the Mont Saint Michel captivates and bewitches for centuries. In the 6th century, a hermit settles down there. Monks from the Order of Saint Benedict, retailers of the old village, and builders of the Wonder will follow….until the visitors of today. At the moment, a brand new dam is about to bring back its insular nature, so let's take a walk on and around the “Mont”. A saunter in kayak near Tombelaine, a shrimp fishing at dawn, Lauds with the monks of the abbey, a crossing of the bay without avoiding the shifting sands…What else? The egg mixers of the Mere Poulard. The salt meadows graze the salicornia of the flooded grassland. The polders, with straight dikes, those belt the South of the bay. And of course, St Michael archangel, wrapped in gold, who looks up and down the bay from the top of his arrow...Vincent Noyoux
HEMIS_371624 : France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Beach fisherman Guy Jugan lifting his nets full of crangon crangon shrimps at dawn
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France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, East side at high tide, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, crossing the Bay of Mont Saint Michel in kayak (www.seakayak fr.com)
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Mr Antoine Bacchiarotti looking at the Apse and the bay from the spire at dawn
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France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO (aerial view)
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, salt marshes sheeps
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France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, and the Couesnon River
France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, lunch in the current refectory of the monks of Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem in the abbey lodgings
HEMIS_371606 France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, square dipping nets fishing
HEMIS_371655 France, Manche, crossing the Bay of Mont Saint Michel in kayak (www.seakayak fr.com) and seagulls flying
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France, Manche, crossing on foot the Bay of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO
France, Ille et Vilaine, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, seen from the sea wall of the polders
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France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, nave of the Abbey Church
France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the cloister
HEMIS_371599 : France, Ille et Vilaine, flock of salt marshes sheeps of the Mont Saint Michel, Yannick Frain, farmer/breeder of salt marshes sheep
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France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Abbey Church, brothers and sisters of the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem, the Lauds in the chapel of Trentes Cierges
France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, sister of Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem welcoming the believers of the vespers at la Porterie or salle des Gardes (Guards'room)
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France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, buildings of la Merveille, room of the Chevaliersunder the cloister (knights of the cloister)
France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, brother Franรงois Marie, head of the Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem
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France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, miniatures created by brother Sebastien, monk of Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem
France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, stairs leading to the Salle des Hotes (Guest's room)
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France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, buildings of the Wonder (La Merveille), the cloister
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Abbey, spire and gargoyles
HEMIS_371675 France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, the restaurant called La Mere Poulard
HEMIS_371678 France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, the restaurant called La Mere Poulard, preparation of the famous omelette
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France, Manche, Avranches, Saint Gervais Church, relic of the skull of Saint Aubert who founded the Mont Saint Michel, one notices the hole left by the finger of the archangel
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Maison des Artichauts (Artichoke house) on the left and above the Grande Rue and abbey
HEMIS_371679 : France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Abbey Church, monk ringing the bell for the Lauds
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France, Ille et Vilaine, salt marshes of the Mont Saint Michel, Yannick Frain, farmer/breeder of salt marshes sheep
France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the north buildings (cloister, the knights room) overlooking the bay at low tide
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France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, stairs leading to the Grande Rue from the ramparts of the Abbey
France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Church and the bay
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France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Abbey, spire and gargoyles
France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the gargoyles of the church
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France, Manche, the abbey of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Apse and bay seen from the spire at dawn
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, passageway under Saint Pierre parish church and the Grande Rue
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France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, tower of Fanils and former barracks
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Bartizan under the Abbey
HEMIS_371602 France, Ille et Vilaine, the polder of Mont Saint Michel, Sainte Anne Chapel and the Mount at the end of the sea wall
HEMIS_371630 France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, road of the mills
HEMIS_020429 : France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO (aerial view)
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France, Ille et Vilaine, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, the fields and polders of the mount on the Brittany side from Roz sur Couesnon
France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, the new dam created to efficiently deal with the tides of Couesnon, at high tide
HEMIS_371646 France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel with the projected shadow of the Mount
HEMIS_371652 France, Manche, crossing the Bay of Mont Saint Michel in kayak (www.seakayak fr.com), arrival on the island of Tombelaine
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France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Mount seen from Tombelaine Island
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, and the polders
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France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, and the access sea wall along the Cousenon
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, salt marshes sheeps
HEMIS_371730 France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Saint Aubert Chapel and Gabriel tower under the Abbey on the West coast
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France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, and the Couesnon River
France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, East side at high tide, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO
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France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, Beach fisherman Guy Jugan lifting his nets full of crangon crangon shrimps at dawn
France, Manche, walking discovery of the Bay of Mont Saint Michel, the guide Romain Pilon deep in the sand
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France, Manche, crossing by walking of the Bay of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO
France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, Beach fisherman Guy Jugan lifting his nets full of crangon crangon shrimps at dawn
HEMIS_371621 France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, Beach fisherman Guy Jugan lifting his nets full of crangon crangon shrimps at dawn
HEMIS_371649 France, Manche, Bay of Mont Saint Michel, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Mont Saint Michel at sunset
HEMIS_371636 France, Manche, tide going up in the salt marshes of the Mont Saint Michel at dawn
HEMIS_371718 France, Manche, Mont Saint Michel, Snow globes, souvenirs of the mount