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The Old Houses

The old township of Mont Saint Michel comprised primarily of timber-framed buildings. Many of them have been torn down within the Belle Époque and substituted by way of much more comfortable buildings that nevertheless still respected the original designs. Some of the old timber framed buildings still remain.

Mere Poulard located at the start of the main street is actually the start of tourist trade. After the penitentiary had been closed, Annette Poulard was the earliest to take in tourists that came to view the abbey that had been opened up to the general public. This lady grew to become well-known for her delightful service as well as for the delicious omelet’s she whipped up within the blink of an eye for people who were in a rush. The streets of Mont Saint Michel are densely covered with inns, restaurants and sou-venir stores.

Before the time of the tourist trade fishing was essential, After World War II, however, tourists’ dominated and no space was left for the fishermen or even the clam diggers. The overpowering advancement of tourists’ and the appeal for the history that provides lots of people to Mont Saint Michel every year caused any entrepreneur to open up a museum, hotel, restaurant or sou-venir shop. At the conclusion of the 19th Nineteenth century, the tourist trade way of life had also been taken advantage of by the ‘Tiphaine house’ and also the maritime museum [montstmichel.co.uk]
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Author Jorge Láscar from Melbourne, Australia
Camera location48° 38′ 09.6″ N, 1° 30′ 41.04″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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