Bayeux (Calvados) - La Cathédrale, Vue Prise de la Rue de la Maîtrise

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Bayeux

The buildings in Bayeux were virtually untouched during the Battle of Normandy, the German forces being fully involved in defending Caen from the Allies.

The Bayeux War Cemetery with its memorial includes the largest British cemetery dating from the Second World War in France. There are 4,648 graves, including 3,935 British and 466 Germans. Most of those buried there were killed during the invasion of Normandy.

Bayeux Cathedral

The Norman-Romanesque Cathedral was consecrated on Friday the 14th. July 1077 in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy.  The chapter house was added in the 12th. century, and the chapels were built in the 14th. century.  

An octagonal storey, decorated with open-work, was added to the lantern-tower in the 15th. century, and finally a stone dome was built in the 18th. century.

The nave is 24 m high and 96 m long.

The Bayeux Tapestry

The Cathedral was the original home of the Bayeux tapestry which was first referred to in writing in 1476.   The tapestry is 50 cm wide by 70 metres long (20 inches by 230 feet), and it illustrates the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England, as well as the events of the invasion itself.  

It is not a true tapestry, because the design is not woven into the fabric of the cloth - it is in fact an embroidery.

The tapestry is now housed nearby at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux which is at the Centre Guillaume le Conquérant.    

A video presentation and series of displays explain how the tapestry was sewn.  It still looks fresh and new - it it difficult to believe that it was completed over 900 years ago.  Nevertheless, despite its new appearance, at least two of the panels are known to be missing.

There is also a Victorian replica of the tapestry in Reading UK.  Each of the embroiderers stitched her name beneath her completed panel.

Halley's Comet

The tapestry includes an image of Halley's Comet, shown as a firey star.   Modern astronomy tells us that the comet would have been visible from the 20th March 1066.  On that occasion the comet came to within 0.10 Astronomical Units of the earth (about 15 million kilometres).    

The next appearance of Halley's Comet will be on the 28th. July 2061.   Many of us won't be around to see it, but this beautiful cathedral will still be there.

Taken on: October 6, 2022

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