Mont St.-Michel Turns 1000 - Celebrating with a painting.

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5. I guess I'm a little late with this, then

The castle in my back yard turned 1000 some 50 years ago, although the date is fluid. There is still a cornerstone with the year construction was started (973). References to a wooden fortress date back as far as the 9th century, and the two stone towers are first noted in the year 1276.

It's not as spectacular as MSM, and it is (mercifully) not as heavily visited, although tourist busses do clog our neighborhood in the summer months.

It has been attacked, partially destroyed and rebuilt numerous times over the course of history. It is nowhere as grandiose as many other castles, but it IS the only 1000 year old castle in my back yard, so there is some sentimental value involved: