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l the elementsof which a monastery was composed—that was a hard problem to solve.As Manche has put it: II ne sagissait de rien moins que dentasserPelion sur Ossa. Of course the only solution was the one adopted, todig into the solid rock and build story on story in height. All gloryto the monks who… … MONT ST. MICHELPen Sketch by Howard G. Bissell Leaving the Merveille we were conducted into the church itself,which crowns the highest part of the island and with its lofty spiresstands for all time as an emblem of that medieval inspiration. Thischurch, as is true with so many of the French…
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