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  • - [Narrator] Coastal at one moment,

  • isolated island at another,

  • Mont Saint-Michel is incredibly stunning no matter the tide.

  • In between two powerful tides from Normandy and Brittany

  • stands the gothic-styled Benedictine Abbey named after

  • and dedicated to the archangel Saint Michael.

  • Mont Saint-Michel wasn't always an island.

  • In prehistoric times, it stood on dry land.

  • However, as sea levels rose, erosion reshaped the coast.

  • Even today, it only sits 600 meters from land.

  • Although it has less than 50 full-time residents,

  • it is visited by more than three million people each year.

  • The climb to see the abbey isn't easy.

  • It's around 900 steps.

  • More than just a church on a rock,

  • Mont Saint-Michel is a medieval time capsule

  • and was one of the first monuments to be classed

  • as a UNESCO World Heritage Site back in 1979.

- [Narrator] Coastal at one moment,

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