Bayeux
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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A few miles south of the city of Bayeux is one of the smallest cemeteries.
In 1822 this "deserted woman" had lived for three years in the most rigid seclusion at Courcelles near Bayeux.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheIn 1822 a Marquis de Champignelles was the head of the leading house of the country at Bayeux.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThat there were Saxons at Bayeux in the tenth century is asserted by express evidence.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon LathamA merchant of Bayeux, taken captive by the Saracens, invoked her: his fetters fell off, and he escaped.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert
Thus are Harold and his attendants represented, in the famous tapestry of Bayeux.
British Dictionary definitions for Bayeux
/ (French bajø) /
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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