Abbaye de St Mont Michel: close-up of the a flying buttress and the roof pinnacles

RIBA Ref No RIBA60798

Country	France
City	Mont St Michel
Subject Date	1521
Image Date	1890
View	Exterior
Style	Gothic
Medium	Photoprint
Library Reference	41497/5
Orientation	Portrait
Colour Info	Black and white
Credit	RIBA Collections
Subject	Buttresses ; Roofs ; Abbeys ; Churches

NOTES: The abbey is located on the highest point of the island and was built between the 11th and 13th centuries. The Romanesque abbey church was designed by William of Volpiano in the 11th century, the choir of which collapsed in 1421. It was replaced with one in Flamboyant Gothic style in 1456-1521.

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