Documentary particular Mont Saint Michel: Rising Once more screens on SBS this Sunday.
A triumph of technical prowess, non secular ambition, and architectural audacity – Mont-Saint-Michel has been a supply of fascination for hundreds of years. Neither actually on land, nor fairly within the sea, it perches imposingly on a rock just below 1 km broad, in the course of a bay that bears its title. This UNESCO World Heritage Website welcomes about 2.5 million vacationers yearly, making it one of the vital visited websites in France.
Its exceptional location and 13 centuries of historical past make Mont St Michel a monument like none different. Its builders confronted numerous challenges. They innovated, seemingly defying the legal guidelines of gravity, stacking one construction on high of one other to create this colossus of the seas.
How did they dare to conceive this stone big looming on high of a rock? How did they handle to droop it above the void? How has it withstood the tough, pounding sea and the turbulent tides of historical past, contemplating its strategic army location? Now, by interviews with main specialists and aided by computer-generated pictures, discover the mysteries inside its partitions, and uncover the secrets and techniques behind the development of Mont-Saint-Michel, a miracle of stone, defiantly rising from the waves.
7.30 Sunday, 6 July on SBS.
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