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4 unusual facts about Bayeux Tapestry


Anna Eliza Bray

Her last years were embittered by a report that during a visit to Bayeux in 1816, she stole a piece of that city's famous tapestry.

Battle of Prestonpans

With 105 panels (each 1m long), it is about 100 ft (30m) longer than the Bayeux Tapestry.

Calvados

The Bayeux Tapestry is on display in Bayeux and makes the city one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Normandy.

Geraldine, New Zealand

Also on display in a local shop is a recreation of the Bayeux Tapestry.


East Meon

In 1986, the 900th anniversary of the "Domesday Book", East Meon was chosen as "The Domesday Village", with a model in Winchester's Great Hall depicting the village as it was then - the model can still be seen alongside the famous tapestry at Bayeux in Normandy.

New Jersey Folk Festival

In the Bayeux Tapestry of the 1070s, originally of the Bayeux Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux) and now exhibited at Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Bayeux, Normandy, there is a depiction of a man installing a cock on Westminster Abbey.


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