OUR BEAUTIFUL REGION
Bayeux
Discover Bayeux
Capital of the landing beaches, but also a town in the countryside, Bayeux is located in the heart of an agricultural region renowned for its preserved natural environment.
It is also a unique city with an exceptionally well-preserved heritage. Its famous Bayeux Tapestry, a masterpiece of 1066th century Romanesque art, is listed as a UNESCO Memory of the World site. This astonishing wool embroidery on linen canvas tells the extraordinary epic of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and his accession to the throne of England in XNUMX over a seventy-metre-long length. It is preserved in the setting of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum.
It is also a unique city with an exceptionally well-preserved heritage. Its famous Bayeux Tapestry, a masterpiece of 1066th century Romanesque art, is listed as a UNESCO Memory of the World site. This astonishing wool embroidery on linen canvas tells the extraordinary epic of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and his accession to the throne of England in XNUMX over a seventy-metre-long length. It is preserved in the setting of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum.
From June to August 1944, the city of Bayeux played its destiny: the reconquest of freedom. Capital of the landing beaches which houses on its soil the moving British military cemetery, Bayeux naturally strives to report on these events and their stakes through its Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy. This museum pays a vibrant tribute to the men of all nations who fought for freedom. You can also visit the War Reporters' Memorial.
Bayeux, a city that is full of treasures, is also renowned for its creations in the fields of lace and porcelain and for its important collection of works of art exhibited at the Baron Gérard Museum. This art museum, which is dedicated to the history of the city, is dedicated to showcasing the city's architectural heritage.
Also worth visiting is its Cathedral with its intimately mixed Romanesque and Gothic styles, which housed the Bayeux Tapestry for eight centuries.
Let yourself be drawn into the intimacy of the narrow streets of the medieval city where half-timbered houses and manors from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, elegant private mansions.
Bayeux, a city that is full of treasures, is also renowned for its creations in the fields of lace and porcelain and for its important collection of works of art exhibited at the Baron Gérard Museum. This art museum, which is dedicated to the history of the city, is dedicated to showcasing the city's architectural heritage.
Also worth visiting is its Cathedral with its intimately mixed Romanesque and Gothic styles, which housed the Bayeux Tapestry for eight centuries.
Let yourself be drawn into the intimacy of the narrow streets of the medieval city where half-timbered houses and manors from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, elegant private mansions.
