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Origin and history

The former Hôtel du Dauphin is a monument located in the heart of Mont-Saint-Michel, in the Manche department in Normandy. This building, whose facades and roofs have been protected since 1928, is called a historic inn, although the available sources do not specify its exact period of construction or its original use. Its official address, registered in the Mérimée base, is the 50170 Le Mont-Saint-Michel, on the Grande-Rue, a central axis of this emblematic UNESCO World Heritage municipality.

The classification of the hotel of the Dauphin by decree of 6 September 1928 specifically concerns its exterior architectural elements: facades and roofs. The monument now belongs to a private company, and its current status (open to the public, transformed into guest rooms or rental rooms) is not clearly documented in the sources consulted. The approximate GPS location, noted as "passable" (level 5/10), suggests imprecise coordinates available, perhaps reflecting the challenges of geolocation in a site as dense and historic as Mont-Saint-Michel.

Mont-Saint-Michel, a major site of Norman tourism, houses numerous medieval and post-medieval buildings, including hotels such as the Dauphin. These settlements once played a key role in welcoming pilgrims and travellers, in a context where the neighboring abbey attracted crowds since the Middle Ages. Although the precise history of this hotel remains unclear, its ranking shows its heritage importance, linked to the urbanization and social life of the Mount over the centuries.

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