====== Saint Michael's Mount ====== {{:fr:mont_st_michel.pak.zip|}} ===== A little bit history ===== Saint Michael's Mount (in french Mont Saint-Michel) is a rocky tidal island and a commune in Normandy, France. It is located approximately one kilometre (just over half a mile) off the country's north coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches. {{:fr:mont_saint_michel_wikipedia_mini.jpg|}} Author : -- Eric Pouhier Date : June 2005 The population of the island is 41, as of 2006. The island has been a strategic point holding fortifications since ancient times, and since the 8th century AD it became the seat of the Saint-Michel monastery, from which it draws the name. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Saint-Michel|Wikipedia source]] =====Building site ===== Few views of project under construction {{:fr:mt_st_michel_vue_jour.png|Summer view}} {{:fr:vue_hiver_jour.png|Winter view}} {{:fr:vue_hiver_nuit.png|Winter view by night}} ===== Caracteristics ===== * Sort of building = curiosity * Size = 5 x 5 tiles * height = 3 tiles * passengers' ratio=200 * Introduction year=1900 * ratio of construction (chance)=65