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kingsanda · 4 months
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St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom: St Michael's Mount is a tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway of granite setts, passable between mid-tide and low water. Wikipedia
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s38s73r · 4 months
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The Mount, Marazion, Cornwall /Kernow
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illustratus · 1 year
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Mount St Michael, Cornwall by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield
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anglo-norman · 7 months
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Shrines to St. Michael.
"Mountains figure prominently at the mighty ganglia of the story of Christianity... As Jesus prays atop the holy mountain, the other world intersects with ours as the divine comes down to the human, as the eternal touches the temporal and mortal. And that other world is the ultimate reality, not this one. No wonder that St Michael, ‘Quis ut Deus,’ has his shrines on lofty peaks; no wonder the Celts worshipped on hills and mountains...
The spirit of the Archangel Michael permeates discussion of the world of the Celts—shrines such as Skellig Michael on precipitous mountain-tops in the cold and wet Celtic desert; early connections with the ancient Eastern world; guardianship of Tuscany, Provence, Normandy, and Cornwall; safe-keeping of wanderers and hermits; motifs of spear, sword, and stone; waging of the war in Heaven and the downfall of Lucifer; the communion of the Grail."
St. Michael: Early Anglo-Saxon Tradition, Raymond JS Grant
(1) Mont St. Michel, Normandy, France; (2) St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, England; (3) Castel Sant’Angelo, Rome, Italy; (4) Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe, Le Puy-en-Velay, France; (5) Abbey of San Galgano, Siena; (6) Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland; (7) Sacra di San Michele, Mount Pirchiriano, Turin, Italy; (8) St. Michael’s Tower, Glastonbury Tor, England
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st michael's mount, cornwall, with @slaapkat today (26/09/2023)
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stevietheghostie · 2 months
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drew this sitting in the gardens at St Michael's Mount, Cornwall, in the summertime
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vox-anglosphere · 2 years
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Excursions to St Michael's Mount should be planned around the tides
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mrsctlandscapes · 9 months
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St Michael's Mount. Oil on canvas board
Original and prints for sale www.mrsctlandscapes.com
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caveiras · 2 years
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St Michael's Mount, Marazion, Cornwall – april 20th.
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Coast Path Near Marazion
Original acrylic painting by contemporary St Ives, Cornwall, artist Sarah Ashmore | Representational view of St Michael's Mount from South West Coast Path.
For sale on my website. www.sarahashmore.co.uk
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oyasumikaiju · 9 months
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livesunique · 2 months
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St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, United Kingdom,
Photo by @kaptured_by_cg
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s38s73r · 1 year
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St Michael's Mount, Marazion
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Mount's Bay, Penzance, Cornwall /Kernow
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palaceunderthealps · 1 year
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St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall
Most travellers are familiar with Mont St. Michel in France. A steep granite isle off the Normandy coast, surmounted by an ancient Benedictine priory, it is one of the most romantic sites in Europe – and one of the most overrun by tourists. Happily, if a bit inexplicably, far fewer travellers appear to be aware that England possesses a sacred mount of its own that is a mirror image both in name and appearance of its French counterpart.
St. Michel's Mount, which presides from its rugged offshore summit over the majestic sweep of Mount’s Bay on the westernmost tip of England, is every bit as commanding and memorable as its more famous namesake across the channel, but infinitely less commercialised. For about 350 years, from the late eleventh century to early fifteenth centuries, it was a sort of branch priory for Mont St. Michel. Eventually it fell into the hands of the St. Aubyn family, whose members have owned it continuously for 300 years, though since 1954 its commercial interests have been looked after by the National Trust. We can thank this noble charity for the fact that the Mount has none of the insistent street hawkers and kitschy souvenir shops that mar the atmosphere of Mont St. Michel.
The mount is a circular island about a mile in circumference and lying about a quarter of a mile offshore. At low tide it can be approached on foot along a causeway. At high tide you might take a bobbing bat from the village of Marazion. In either case, you are greeted by a sheltered harbor and a charming cluster of whitewashed fishermen's cottages. A tearoom and two small shops are the only commercial inclusions. The tour of the island begins with a brief film providing a helpful perspective of the island's history and legends. Then it's a long walk up a steep cobbled path to the manor house 300 feet above. The interiors have the look of a medieval castle, with beamed ceilings, arched doorways, and thick stone walls. But there is also a certain unexpected coziness about them. The explanation is quite simple: most of the present structure was built only a century ago by gifted architect member of the family, Piers St. Alban, who ingeniously grafted a vast extension onto the twelfth century core in what Nigel Nicolson has called one of “the greatest achievements in nineteenth century domestic architecture.” The furnishings and craftsmanship throughout are handsome and beguiling, but you are likely everywhere to find yourself being drawn to the mullioned windows for the stunning and generally precipitous views down to the sea far below. Don't overlook the display case containing a remarkable model of the Mount made entirely of discarded champagne corks by one loyal and patient servant. Outside on the broad terraces are panoramic views out to sea and along the coast from Prussia Cove to Penzance and the splendidly named village of Mousehole (pronounced Mowzzle). Well worth a detour.
Details: St. Michael's Mount is off the coast of Marazion, which can be reached by bus from Penzance. The most memorable approach to it, however, is along the road from St Ives, a small, attractive fishing town and artists’ haunt with narrow streets and many good art galleries. If your itinerary allows, I’d suggest spending the night there and travelling on to the Mount in the morning. The view of it in the bay as you come over the hills behind Penzance is one that will stay with you for a long time.
William Bryson, The Palace Under the Alps, p100-101
https://www.stmichaelsmount.co.uk/
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richardplant · 1 year
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Backlit St Michael's Mount
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