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This is mont saint—michel, one of france's most visited sites. it's an island off the coast of brittany in normandy, connected to the mainland by a half a mile—long bridge that opened back in 2014. and this year, the island celebrates a very special anniversary. it is the 1,000 anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1,000 years ago? mm—hm. yeah. this is the best of mediaeval engineering. and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to saint michel — saint michael — in the year 708. then it took off. you know, the pilgrims sta...

Saint michael — in the year 708. then it took off. you know, the pilgrims started to come. they had to come across the bay, so walk through the sands, and then it developed in the 11th century with the construction of the church. the abbey sits at the top of the cliff, surrounded by the village below. even nowadays, there are quicksands out there. there are a lot of strong currents. so it must have been a really important site for people to want to make that kind ofjourney to see this place. yeah. it was the journey of a lifetime. it's just quite funny to come in here and the contrast with t...

You can see, ijust got a glimpse of the abbey... it does look pretty special! this is mont—saint—michel, one of france's most visited sites. it is an island off the coast of brittany and normandy, connected to the mainland by half a mile long bridge that opened back in 2014 and, this year, the island celebrates every special anniversary. it is the 1000th anniversary of the construction of the church. how on earth did they construct something like this 1000 years ago? this is the best of mediaeval engineering and it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to saint michael in the year 708 and i...

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And it started off as a sanctuary dedicated to saint—michel, st michael, in the year 708. then it took off. you know, the pilgrims started to come. they had to come across the bay, so walk through the sands. and then it developed in the 11th century with the construction of the church. the abbey sits at the top of the cliff, surrounded by the village below. even nowadays, there are quicksands out there. there are a lot of strong currents. so, it must have been a really important site for people to want to make that kind ofjourney. it was the journey of a lifetime. it's just quite funny to co...