En 966, a pedido del duque da Normandia, los monjes benedictinos se instalaron en el Monte San Miguel. En el sigo XI, construyeron una magnífica iglesia abacia que los medievales consideraban como una prefigura de la Jerusalén celeste. En 1204, … [Más]

Em 966, a pedido do duque da Normandia, os monges beneditinos instalaram-se no Monte São Miguel, promontório numa bahia, e construíram uma igreja onde até então havia uma capela. No século XI, nova e magnífica igreja abacial ergueu-se no cume do rochedo, sobre um conjunto de criptas: os medievais a viam como figura da Jerusalém celeste. Em 1204, uma parte da abadia foi destruída por um incêndio. No mesmo ano o rei Filipe Augusto, avô de São Luís, venceu definitivamente os normandos, anexando o ducado à Coroa de França. Para manifestar sua gratidão por essa conquista, fez uma doação à Abadia de São Miguel, o que permitiu a construção do conjunto gótico hoje conhecido como “a Maravilha”, em lugar do que fora destruído no incêndio. Mais em BLOG GLÓRIA DA IDADE MÉDIA

The first chapel on this site was founded in 708 by Aubert, Bishop of Avranches , after the Archangel Michael has appeared to him in a dream. The Archangel Michel appeared here in the year 708. The Abbey takes the name of Mont saint Michel. The oratory, consecrated in 709 was served by a community of canons. It apparently survived the Norman invasions, but the observance of the rule became very relaxed. In 966 Richard I, Duke of Normandy, established there the Benedictine monks from St. Wandrille Abbeyunder the direction of Abbot Maynard, who began the reconstructions of the church and other buildings. The church was burnt in 922 and rebuilt on a larger scale by Abbot Hildebert II from 1023, at the time of the monastic reforms in Normandy carried out by Richard II and William of Volpiano. During the Hundred years War the fortifications of Mont St. Michel were reinforced (1420) and the Romanesque choir collapsed Construction of the present clever began in 1448. In 1622 the abbey became part of the Congregation of St. Maur; three western nave bays and the facade were destroyed and replaced with large terrace. The abbey was dissolved at the Revolution (1789-95), 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 buildings of Mont St. Michel are constructed of granite, but there is some limestone in the cloister. The village that grew up and around the abbey lies huddled within the fortifications and includes a Romanesque parish church, remolded in the 15 century. The fortifications include crenellated ramparts, towers and a 14th century barbican, which reinforce the abbey's own defenses. The tower Claudine protects the monastery entrance. More in BLOG GLÓRIA DA IDADE MÉDIA