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 Bayeux Tapestry, which is now housed in the British Museum, is in a "wonderful state", the French Culture minister has told the BBC, having viewed it on site.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

"It's been very special to have witnessed the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry, and especially for it to be back on these shores for the first time in probably a thousand years," added Cullinan.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron had earlier posted a photograph of an image of the Bayeux Tapestry which the British Museum had projected on to the white cliffs of Dover.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The Allies have taken Bayeux, a village on the coast of France, and are now fighting for Caen.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank