Bayeux

American  

[bahy-yoo, ba-yœ] / baɪˈju, baˈjœ /

noun

1. a town in Calvados, N France, in Normandy, near the English Channel: museum displaying the Bayeux tapestry, commemorating the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

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Bayeux British  

/ bajø /

noun

1. a town in NW France, on the River Aure: its museum houses the Bayeux tapestry and there is a 13th-century cathedral: dairy foods, plastic. Pop: 14 961 (1999)

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Bayeux

The research arrives as the British Museum prepares to open a major exhibition featuring the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the best-known surviving artifacts connected with the Norman Conquest.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Osborne praised the "French and British experts" who transported the tapestry from Bayeux Museum in Normandy to London.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

The British Museum is preparing to put the Bayeux Tapestry on display, after the 70m-long 11th Century embroidery was brought to London from northern France last week.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Unbeknownst to late night stragglers, it was carrying a 1,000-year-old masterpiece: the Bayeux Tapestry.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

The comet was duly noted in a newspaper of the time, the Bayeux Tapestry.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan