Following the news that the Pompidou Centre is closing for five years, another famous French attraction is shutting down for ...

France’s Bayeux Tapestry will be closed to the public for two years whilst the museum housing it undergoes a €38m renovation.

Harold, one of the subjects of the Bayeux Tapestry ... the university says Bosham was where Harold dined before sailing to France. "The Tapestry culminates in Williams’s victory at Hastings ...

King Harold II, one of the subjects of the Bayeux Tapestry, was famously killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Well, because the Bayeux Tapestry, an astonishingly long and beautifully made work of art, chronicles the 1066 Battle of Hastings. The approximately 230-foot-long tapestry is displayed in a dark ...

Napoleon - under the impression France was about to invade and conquer Britain - had the tapestry temporarily moved to Paris for display 1870: The tapestry is removed from Bayeux once again during ...

What it is: A roll of linen cloth with wool embroidery depicting scenes from the 11th century Where it is from: Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy, France When it was made: The late 11th century Related ...

The imagery faithfully reproduces the original embroidery housed at the Musee de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in France. It has also been judged as the most accurate copy in the world. The original Bayeux ...

(CNN) — Often referred to as the world’s most famous medieval artwork, the Bayeux Tapestry is both ... extravagant hall before setting sail to France and the second time on his return prior ...

A house in England is most likely the site of a lost residence of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.