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Growing tide<br> Normandy picture - Formerly, the waters of the Couesnon river and the tides kept the mountain permanently bordered by water, making it an impregnable fortress. A dike was, however, built at the end of the XIX century to communicate the abbey with the coast.
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Formerly, the waters of the Couesnon river and the tides kept the mountain permanently bordered by water, making it an impregnable fortress. A dike was, however, built at the end of the XIX century to communicate the abbey with the coast.
Western Europe
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