Show mont st nobel abbey restored tourists tourist who ho visit mont saint machel 0 oft ff the coast of normandy will find the benedictine alibey abbey which cro crowns wrig its resto restored reI for worship As early ns its the eighth century mont blont saint michel possessed religious religions as not letlon but tho the present buildings only date froni from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century the height of the th church exceeds the height ot of the rock upon which it stands stand feet tind and the granite of which it Is built was brought by bunt bont from the isles of chailey Clin usey and hoisted up the steep side of the hill since 1871 1874 the mont has been under the cure care of architects appointed hy by the ministry des beaux arnit and by their research and res to tor atlon ration the abbey fortress now appears in almost Its former grandeur ran deur |