The Chatelet (dungeon) was built in front of the north external front of Belle-Chaise, on which it leans without joining, leaving between this front and the south one an empty space, a large machicolation protecting the northen door, which has become the second inward door since the Chatelet has been constructed
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The Town Of Mont Saint Michel
The origin of the village or rather, according to tradition, of the town of Mont Saint-Michel, is very old, if we believe the chroniclers, who tell this it was in the tenth century, as we have seen in the historical notice. The small borough had the same destiny as the Monastery at the foot of which its housesContinue reading “The Town Of Mont Saint Michel”