Sinead O'Connor could well have been referring to Le Mont Saint Michel when she penned the lyrics to her song.
We have been lucky enough to see many fine buildings, structures or sights during this and our other trips but nothing compares to Le Mont Saint Michel.
We first saw it in the distance when we were 23 road kms away and stopped to take the following photo when we were 5 kms away
and again when we walked across the causeway to enter her (it would have to be a her as it has such beauty)
Construction of it commenced in 708 and was settled by the Benedictine monks in the 10th century and over the centuries the buildings have been added until it is what it is today.
It is an example of military architecture and as well as being a working Church, the Abbey sits atop of everything, it has also been used as a prison.
It was listed as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1979.
The above is looking across the western terrace out over reclaimed land and is in front of the doors to the Abbey which while we were there a Mass was coming to a conclusion
One of the Monks in his robes
The cloister overlooking the garden was particularly impressive as was
the refectory. It always astounds us when we visit buildings of such magnificence and that were built many years ago how they accomplished it with the tools and equipment that they had to use
And it goes without saying that the place was awash with visitors most struggling on the climbs in the 35 degree heat - it was hot!
At certain times of the year when there is a very high tide the site is cut off by the sea and becomes an island - it would be a spectacular sight.
Late in the day we left all this behind as we drove to Landivy, a small village further south for our overnight stop
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