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How an excommunicated French noble built San Michele della Chiusa, the Italian Mont Saint-Michel

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Anne Bernet - published on 01/22/23
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It was abandoned for 210 years, but today San Michele has become a popular tourist destination.

Its silhouette catches the eye of anyone who by train or by road crosses the Susa Pass that separates Italy from France. Often half-drowned in mist or clouds, indistinct but impressive, from below it looks like a fortress planted there since time immemorial to guard the access to the Alpine passes. And it is indeed a fortress, even if its role for more than a millennium has been to fight evil powers rather than human invaders.

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