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.

There's also a memorial that gives a narrative of ... of the site's significance. Companies like Normandy Sightseeing Tours, Bayeux Shuttle and Paris City Vision earn high praise from past visitors.

The tapestry depicts key moments in history from 1064 to 1066 — mainly the struggle between Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon king, and William, Duke of Normandy ... scene on the Bayeux Tapestry ...

Now housed in the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Normandy, France, the Bayeux Tapestry is considered a rare example of secular Romanesque art, similar in its narrative style to a cartoon strip.

Its the Bayeux Tapestry. There's one historical artefact ... He makes an oath to Duke William of Normandy who is that chap there. And Harold is touching a casket full of holy relics to make ...

as well as services at the cemetery and at Bayeux Cathedral. On 6 June, The King and President Macron will gather at the British Normandy Memorial to mark the 80th anniversary.

Bosham, on the coast of West Sussex, is depicted twice in the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously narrates the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 when William, Duke of Normandy, challenged Harold for ...