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Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey: Interior of the Gothic refectory

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie
Part of the 'Merveille' constructed 1212-1228, a three story building. On the third floor are the monastic refectory, the cloister and the archive.\u000a\u000aBenedictine abbey on an island off the coast of Normandy, France. During the Hundred Years War the fortifications of Mont-Saint-Michel were reinforced (1420-1449), and the Romanesque choir collapsed (1421). Construction of the present chevet began in 1448. In 1622 the abbey became part of the Congregation of St Maur; the three western nave bays and the fa\u00E7ade were destroyed and replaced with a large terrace. The abbey was dissolved at the Revolution (1789-1795), and it was used as a prison in the 19th century. It was severely burnt in 1856, but thorough restorations were not undertaken until 1874. The architects included Edouard Jules Corroyer, Victor Petitgrand, Paul Emile Antoine Gout (1852-1923) and Y. M. Froidevaux. The buildings of Mont-Saint-Michel are constructed of granite, but there is some limestone in the cloister.

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Mont-St-Michel

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

Mont-Saint-Michel le, Basse-Normandie, France: approximately one kilometer off the north coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches|Mont-Saint-Michel|+48.636028-1.511393

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Romanesque', 'Gothic (Medieval)']

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