The Bayeux Tapestry, a 1,000-year-old masterpiece depicting the 1066 Norman conquest of England, will undergo major restoration, with its museum closing from August 31, 2025, to October 2027.

For Bordeaux, the Cité du Vin has become a major tourist attraction. It was recently chosen as one of the “faces” of the ...

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

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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.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry. By reinterpreting ...

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 ...

This site, depicted in the famous Bayeux Tapestry, has been revealed through a combination ... Harold enjoys a lavish banquet before embarking on his ill-fated journey to France. Until now, the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry ... hall before setting ...

2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman frontier that has the earliest known Latin written by a woman The last scene on the Bayeux Tapestry shows the Battle of Hastings.