Stock Photo: Mont-Saint-Michel Is A Tidal Island And Mainland Commune In Normandy, France
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The commune's position—on an island just a few hundred metres (yards) from land—made it accessible at low tide to the many pilgrims to its abbey, and defensible as the incoming tide stranded, drove off, or drowned would-be assailants. The island remained unconquered during the Hundred Years' War.
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