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| Location | Mont S. Michel, France map | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1203 and later timeline | |||||||||||||||||||
| Building Type | fortified monastery | |||||||||||||||||||
| Construction System | cut stone bearing masonry | |||||||||||||||||||
| Climate | temperate | |||||||||||||||||||
| Context | waterfront, island, hilltop | |||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Romanesque, Gothic | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Incredilbly picturesque hilltop island monastery. Restored by Viollet-le-Duc. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Discussion | Mont S. Michel Commentary
Includes the famous Merville (1203-1228) and the "Salle des Chevaliers". The Romanesque nave is from 1122-1135, and the Gothic choir is from 1450-1521. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sources on Mont S. Michel
Sir Banister Fletcher. A History of Architecture. London: The Butterworth Group, 1987. ISBN 0-408-01587-X. LC 86-31761. NA200.F63 1987. photo, p608, text, p609-610. — The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com Jim Harter, editor. Images of World Architecture. New York: Bonanza Books, 1990. NA202.H37 1990. LC 90-350. 769'.44-dc20. ISBN 0-517-69257-0. — 2000 nineteenth-century wood engravings of buildings. Out of print, but listed at Amazon.com
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