Bayeux Cathedral
Bayeux Cathedral, also called the Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux), is a cathedral. It is in Bayeux, in Normandy. The current cathedral was consecrated on July 14, 1077. It is part of a larger complex, a bishop's palace. It was built as a replacement for an earlier church which dated from the Merovingian era. It was here that Harold Godwinson swore an oath[1] that later led to the Norman Conquest.
Bayeux Cathedral Media
UBI HAROLD SACRAMENTUM FECIT WILLELMO DUCI ('Where Harold made an oath to Duke William'). This scene, which is stated in the previous scene on the Tapestry to have taken place at Bagia (Bayeux, very likely in Bayeux Cathedral), shows Harold touching two altars with the enthroned Duke looking on, and is central to understanding the Norman Conquest of England.
Bayeux Cathedral, Calvados, Normandie, France. Gothic choir.
Bayeux Cathedral, Calvados, Normandie, France. Neo-classical main altar, with the nave in the backgound.
Chapels,south arm of transept
Stained-glass window, south arm of transept
Stained-glass window, north arm of transept
Chapel window, south side of nave
Nave of Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux
Entry to the w:Bayeux Cathedral, taken on a December morning in 2011. Scaffolding on left side of the photo is from a restoration effort that was in progress.
Other websites
- Les Amis de Cathedrale de Bayeux Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
Gallery
Towers over town
Cathedral hall interior
Crypt under the cathedral
An inside view of the cathedral
A mural in the crypt
Another such mural
References
- ↑ Gameson, Richard (1997). The Study of the Bayeux Tapestry. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-85115-664-4.
