erous shores. Photo by Claude Rayon. [Claude-39]

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132. Dragey. Detail of the stained glass window. On the top, the Mont
Saint-Michel, and below, a partial view of archangel St. Michael. This
large twin bay with a trefoil arch replaced in 1860 a rectangular
opening, that replaced itself a small Romanesque bay in 1790. This was
also the case for the other twin bays. Photo by Alain Dermigny.
[Alain-070]

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133. Genets. Location. The village of Genets is located on the current
coastal road between Granville and Avranches, 6 kilometers north of
Avranches. The village is facing Mont Saint-Michel, around 4 kilometers
far away. The medieval roads used by pilgrims to go to Mont
Saint-Michel started from Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Coutances, Saint-Lo and
Caen to reach Genets. Then they needed to cross dangerous shores to
reach Mont Saint-Michel, their final destination. In addition, the
shore road between Saint-Pair and Mont Saint-Michel was crossing Bec
d'Andaine, near Genets.

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134. Genets. The village and its church. The church tower--with its
saddleback roof, its balustrade and its gargoyles--emerges above the
roofs of the village. Genets is a very old place. It was the tidal port
of Avranches, the capital of the region before its looting by the
Norman pirates in the 9th century. The barony of Genets was given in
1022 to the Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel by Richard II, duke of Normandy,
as well as the baronies of Saint-Pair and Ardevon. The center of a
barony and a deanery, Genets became an active town under the early
Norman dukes. In the early 14th century, there were nearly 3,000
inhabitants, and the church counted seven chapels and a full clergy.
This was the most flourishing period. During the Hundred Years War,
Genets was looted, fleeced and burned by the British troops from 1356
on. During the Religion Wars between Catholics and Protestants, Genets
was again sacked in 1562 by the troops of the Protestant Montgomery.
During the French Revolution, Genets lost its juridiction of a
seneschal, its sergentery, its deanery, its fairs and its markets, and
went from being a town to being a village. The county town became
Sartilly. Photo by Alain Dermigny. [Alain-083]

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135. Genets. The church, beautifully made, is the work of Robert
Torigni, abbot of Mont Saint-Michel between 1154 and 1186, who built it
on the site of an older timeworn church. The Rom