The Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey is an abbey located within the city and island of Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, in the department of Manche. The abbey is...
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The Abbey of Saint Genevieve (French: Abbaye Sainte-Geneviève) was a monastery in Paris. Reportedly built by Clovis, King of the Franks in 502, it became...
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(Mont-Saint-Michel, Manche) Mont-Saint-Quentin Abbey (Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Quentin), monks, Diocese of Noyon (Péronne, Somme) Montceau Abbey (Abbaye Saint-Félix...
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of Normandy then sent Maynard to establish the Benedictine Rule at Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey. A new church was built by Abbot Gérard, but was hardly finished...
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dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, a popular saint at the time, as can be testified by the establishment of the abbeys of Mont St Michel in Normandy...
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property, Pyrénées – Mont Perdu, is shared with Spain. The Criteria, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Retrieved on 2011-07-21 "Abbaye de Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe"...
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Saint-Malo lies at the mouth of the Rance River, on the east (right) bank. It was originally an island in the estuary, similar in situation to Mont Saint-Michel...
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1056. Saint-Lô is famous for its goldsmiths and even Matilda of Flanders, the wife of William the Conqueror, ordered two candelabra for the Abbaye aux Dames [fr]...
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Beast of Gévaudan (redirect from Bête du Gévaudan)
2006, p. 5 ISBN 978-1467014632 Michel Louis, La Bête du Gévaudan (in French), edition 2006 Michel Louis, La Bête du Gévaudan (in French), edition 2006...
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France gave it 16 écus on the road between Douvres-la-Delivrande and Mont-Saint-Michel, where he was going on pilgrimage. The Romanesque priory church was...
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