The exhibit explains how the original structure, built in 966, became too small for pilgrims, spurring on the builders to create the 11th-century abbey that stands to this day.
It covers the complex process of building what is considered an architectural jewel on a rocky island linked to the mainland only by a narrow causeway at high tide.įour crypts were constructed on the granite tip along with a church on top.
The exhibit, two years in the making, opened last month. Legend has it that the archangel Michael appeared in 708, duly instructing the bishop of nearby Avranches to build him a church on the rocky outcrop. Macron also visited a new exhibit tracing the Romanesque abbey’s history via 30 objects and pieces, including a restored statue of Saint Michael. Macron’s presidential advisers had said of this visit that the “walls and the eternity of the Mount” seem to carry “the notions of resistance and resilience” of the D-Day landings that are being commemorated this week in the same region. In 2007, former President Nicolas Sarkozy even launched his presidential campaign there. He drew a comparison with the abbey that has stood strong over time and embodies the “French spirit” of “resilience” and “resistance.” It was veiled rhetoric, coming one day before another protest against his contested pension reform law that has been passed.Įver since former President François Mitterrand in 1983, France’s leaders have flocked to this symbolically important site to send out political messages. And now a presidential visit.įrench President Emmanuel Macron went there Monday and delivered a speech in which he called on the French to “push themselves further” in global and existential challenges like that of climate change. The millennial of the UNESCO World Heritage site and key Normandy tourism magnet is being celebrated until November with exhibits, dance shows and concerts. It’s been 1,000 years since the laying of its first stone. 1 La serie fue recogido por una temporada completa de 22 episodios en el 27 de octubre de 2015. on CBS.PARIS (AP) - France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. Life in Pieces es una serie de televisión estadounidense creada por Justin Adler y transmitida por la cadena CBS desde el 21 de septiembre de 2015. Life in Pieces airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. Greg - the proud mayor of the game Petville (as voted on by his “catstituency” and the Itty Bitty Kitty Committee) - and Jen consider themselves to be Facebook savvy, but John and Joan are really testing the limits of their patience, especially when John wonders, “Once it’s on my phone, how do I get it over to my computer?”Įlsewhere in the “Facebook Fish Planner Backstage” episode, country crooner Lyle Lovett guest stars as Ned Gawler, Matt and Colleen’s unique wedding planner who also runs another business that does not inspire confidence in Matt that his wedding will be a happy occasion, while Charlie Puth makes a cameo as Tim’s patient, who gifts the dentist with a pair of tickets to the Grammys.
#LIFE IN PIECES PREVIEW PASSWORD#
Will a new password work at their house, too? Will it work at Tim and Heather’s house? Will it work on John’s phone? And Joan’s phone? Will it work on Tim and Heather’s phone? When the Short family parents lose their password for “The Facebook,” as they call it, they barge into Greg and Jen’s house in a panic, desperately seeking password recovery help.
We’ve all experienced the frustration of dealing with the more social media-challenged among us, but Greg and wife, Jen, get to experience the next level of familial pain when John and Joan forget their Facebook password on Thursday’s new episode of Life in Pieces.
0 kommentar(er)
