The Little Chapel of Saint Michael
From there, visitors are offered a magnificent view of the Mortainais, over the colourful fields during the summer, and where – at the end of a shaded path – stands a small chapel, the Chapelle Saint-Michel.
Constructed atop a ‘montjoie’, those high points from which pilgrims could see the silhouette of Mont-Saint-Michel for the first time, this chapel was built in the mid-19th century, on the site of a hermitage – the dwelling place of a hermit, a man who would retreat from the world for prayer. It also bore witness to the fighting that took place at Mortain from 6 to 12 August 1944.
