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Astounding small sculpture park which you can freely wander round. Nice clean bench at the top, from which you can enjoy the view over the landscape. Munch your snack and sup your drink and revel in having got to the high-point of this tour.

Beautiful cemetery with a beautiful church

There is a beautifully designed cemetery around the village church.

Very sparsely populated, this town nevertheless has several attractions, starting with its pretty belvedere from the church. Further north is also the charming little chapel of Nouettes. But the emblematic place of the village is most certainly the park-museum of granite. In the first half of the 20th century, a hundred quarries were exploited on the municipal territory. No wonder Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie was chosen to host this museum which traces the history of the region's granite, Bleu de Vire.

Founded in the 11th century, the Benedictine abbey of Notre-Dame de Lonlay had a great influence in the region. Eight priories were attached to it, from Le Mans to Alençon via Domfront. At the architectural level, it presents a particularly interesting mixture of styles with its Romanesque transept and its Gothic heart.

In neo-Gothic style, it was consecrated in 1888. It houses, among other things, a very ornate granite stoup and a 15th century pieta.

In neo-Gothic style, it was consecrated in 1888. It houses, among other things, a very ornate granite stoup and a 15th century pieta.

St-Michel de Montjoie is historically known as a place of passage for pilgrims. The orientation table allows you to enjoy a superb panorama over the entire Mortainais valley and, on a clear day, to catch a glimpse of the contours of Mont Saint Michel. Then the joy of the pilgrim was immense, and thus came the term monsjoy!