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Happy birthday: France's spectacular abbey Mont-Saint-Michel turns 1,000

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People walk past Frances Mont-Saint-Michel during the French Presidents two-day visit in Normandy, in Le Mont-Saint-Michel, north-western France, on June 5, 2023. (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) PARIS - France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age.

It's been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone.The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key Normandy tourism magnet is being celebrated until November with exhibits, dance shows and concerts.

French President Emmanuel Macron is heading there on Monday.Macron plans to deliver a speech and to see a new exhibit tracing the Romanesque abbey's history via 30 objects and pieces, including a restored statue of Saint Michael.

Legend has it that the archangel Michael appeared in 708, duly instructing the bishop of nearby Avranches to build him a church on the rocky outcrop.France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) greets local elected officials as he arrives at the hydraulic dam on the river The Couesnon during a visit regarding the development of the site in Le Mont-Saint-Michel, north-western France, on June 5, 2023. (P The exhibit, two years in the making, opened last month.

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