MONT-SAINT-MICHEL, France – While much of the world worries about how to stop sea levels from rising, engineers in this corner of France want to spend $260 million to do just the opposite: raise the ...

Mont-Saint-Michel is a tidal island in Normandy that lies almost a mile from the northwestern coast of France. The striking islet towers over the surrounding bay and when viewed from afar, seemingly ...

STORY: The site exceptionally remained open to the public on Saturday night to allow visitors to enjoy the view from the iconic abbey. The abbey was founded in 966, built on a sanctuary dedicated to ...

Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France, is celebrating its 1,000th birthday this year. The abbey has endured wars, high tides, and centuries of wear and tear from residents and tourists. It's a UNESCO ...

It was exactly a millennium ago that the first stone of the abbey church of Mont Saint-Michel, in French Normandy, was laid. The monument that poet Victor Hugo called the “Khéops of the West” has ...