The higher you climb on the terraces of the abbey church, the more details are revealed in the tangle of blue and silver slate roofs from Travassac, in Corrèze. The pinnacles can no longer hold up their mineral flowers. The various copper ornaments were refurbished during the last renovation. The spire’s ornaments sparkle on the greenish copper. The granite staircases, scorched by the elements, become narrower and narrower and unfurl their lacy railings. At the top, St. Michael watches over the Mont.