Famous for Château Gaillard, Richard the Lionheart's fortress castle built on chalk cliffs sitting high above it, this Upper Normandy town ... from the D-Day beaches, Bayeux was the first city ...

You might ask why on earth would you make a stop to see a tapestry when Camembert cheese, hard cider and the rolling Normandy hills are beckoning? Well, because the Bayeux Tapestry, an ...

In colorful detail, the Bayeux Tapestry depicts the epic story of how William, Duke of Normandy, better known as William the ...

Often referred to as the world’s most famous medieval artwork, the Bayeux Tapestry is both an ... tapestry depicts William, Duke of Normandy, and his army killing Harold Godwinson, or Harold ...

Edward the Confessor sends Harold Godwinson to Normandy in this scene from the Bayeux Tapestry. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons The 230-foot-long tapestry—which is, in fact, an embroidered ...

Led by William, the Duke of Normandy, they were soon to launch a ... The events of the Battle of Hastings are recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry. Thought to have been commissioned in the 1070s ...