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Norman or Breton? Mont-Saint-Michel, the rock of discord

2021-07-30T13:39:54.285Z


STORY - A masterpiece of Christian civilization, Mont-Saint-Michel, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, still arouses controversy between Bretons who claim their origins and Normans who have owned it for over a millennium.


This article is taken from the Figaro Hors-Série "Eternal Brittany", find all the articles on Brittany, its history, its heritage, its way of life, from forgiveness to fest-noz.

When, during the first confinement, Emmanuel Macron went to Brittany on April 22, 2020, the newspaper

Le Monde

had bizarrely illustrated on its Twitter account the presidential trip with a photo of Mont-Saint-Michel.

La Manche libre

immediately

fired:

"No, Mont-Saint-Michel is still not in Brittany!"

Social networks had taken over.

Last quack in a long series for the Normans.

Read the file:

Brittany: The Figaro travel guide

In 2015, in a geography book intended for Nathan editions first class, the Merveille de l'Occident had already been located in Brittany.

In 2017, the Brittany Region itself presented ten tourist circuits including that of "Saint-Malo, bay of Mont-Saint-Michel" with, in support, a map encompassing part of Avranchin.

While once

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Source: lefigaro

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