I wouldn’t call it a city, when I was there it was it felt like it’s a village. And thank you for calling it circular because it’s not, and the spire helps with that illusion. The town covers only one side of the rock, the other side is empty.
About similar things, the “abbey on the top of a lonely rock/hill” trope is not unheard of in Europe, on the top of my head: Monte Cassino, Assisi, Melk, Pannonhalma…
But that’s not the point I tried to make. Here is the contour of Mont-Saint-Michel, you can recognize it at first glance, even at small resolution, because it’s very unique:
But can you also recognise it as quickly if I remove the spire from the same drawing:
That’s the point I tried to make, that small touch added a lot to it’s unique look. And it also fits really well, just it’s not as old as other parts.
Look, we’re both enamored with this precious little town and everyone can see you’re better at being a fan of it because you care ten times as much as anyone else here. We were just poking fun.
I’m glad you got to go anyway, my family wasn’t even keen enough to break out of Paris when we went. Next time I’ll drag them out and see what I make of the spire.
It’s a circular city in the water, how many of those do you know off the top of your head?
I wouldn’t call it a city, when I was there it was it felt like it’s a village. And thank you for calling it circular because it’s not, and the spire helps with that illusion. The town covers only one side of the rock, the other side is empty.
About similar things, the “abbey on the top of a lonely rock/hill” trope is not unheard of in Europe, on the top of my head: Monte Cassino, Assisi, Melk, Pannonhalma…
But that’s not the point I tried to make. Here is the contour of Mont-Saint-Michel, you can recognize it at first glance, even at small resolution, because it’s very unique:
But can you also recognise it as quickly if I remove the spire from the same drawing:
That’s the point I tried to make, that small touch added a lot to it’s unique look. And it also fits really well, just it’s not as old as other parts.
Look, we’re both enamored with this precious little town and everyone can see you’re better at being a fan of it because you care ten times as much as anyone else here. We were just poking fun.
I’m glad you got to go anyway, my family wasn’t even keen enough to break out of Paris when we went. Next time I’ll drag them out and see what I make of the spire.