Bayeux Cathedral, France.

English: Bayeux Cathedral, France.

Deutsch: Kathedrale “Notre-Dame de Bayeux”.

Bayeux ist eine französische Gemeinde in der Normandie.

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Bayeux Cathedral.

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Bayeux Cathedral, also known as The Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux), is a Roman Catholic Church located in the Town of Bayeux, in Normandy, France. A National Monument, it is The Seat of The Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux and was probably the original home of The Bayeux Tapestry, which is still preserved nearby. The Cathedral is in the Norman-Romanesque Architectural Tradition.

The site is an ancient one and was once occupied by Roman sanctuaries. The present Cathedral was Consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy, and King of England. It was on this site that William may have forced Harold Godwinson to take an Oath of Support to him, the breaking of which led to The Norman Conquest of England – meaning that the Oath must have been made before 1066.

Following serious damage to the Cathedral in the 12th-Century, it was rebuilt in the Gothic-Style, which is most notable in the The Crossing Tower, Transepts, and The East End. However, despite The Crossing Tower having been started in the 15th-Century, it was not completed until the 19th-Century.

Bayeux Cathedral.

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Bayeux’s origins go back to the Gallo-Roman period. In 924 A.D., it was incorporated into the lands of Rollo, Viking warrior and first Duke of Normandy. At that time, Bayeux was the second largest City in Normandy, after Rouen.

The Romanesque Cathedral was completed during the Reign of William the Conqueror. It was built in less than fifty years, and for several Centuries it housed the famous Bayeux Tapestry, commissioned by Odon de Conteville, Bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of William.

English: Bayeux Cathedral Choir Stalls.

Français: Stalles du chœur de la 

cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux à Bayeux.

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In 1204, when Normandy became part of The Kingdom of France, it was a prosperous City, dominated by the Church. In the 18th-Century, the Town began to Modernise and the Castle and Walls were dismantled.

The Notre Dame Cathedral of Bayeux, a masterpiece of Norman Romanesque and Gothic Architecture, is at the heart of The Old Town’s conservation area. Its history is as grand as the two Towers which flank its facade.

The Cathedral was Consecrated on 14 July 1077, in the presence of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy and King of England, and his wife, Matilda. All that survives from the construction of this period is the Crypt, the Towers at The western End, and the first level of the Nave.