#Bayeux

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The French toy company Pixi has taken on the daunting task of recreating the entire Bayeux tapestry, an embroidery work spanning 70 metres, in 1/2 scale.

For this, they have exceptionally put aside their usual traditional sculpting to opt for computer-assisted 3D sculpting. Then, the figures are cast in tin and handpainted.

The first ten metres of this amazing project are currently on display at the tapestry museum of Bayeux until the end of May 2025.

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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux, FRANCE

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To celebrate Winnie The Pooh Day a long-lost section of the Bayeux Tapestry , featuring the little known story of how Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Owl and Rabbit valiantly sought to repel the Norman invasion of England in 1066.

Illustrator E. H. Shepard drew this for a limited book bag. https://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-danish-conquest-1000-years.html?m=1

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SOUS LES ARCS BOUTANYS.

Bayeux.

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Taskmaster quotes but it's Bayeux Tapestry

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US soldiers on patrol pass a group of off-duty British soldiers in the recently liberated city of Bayeux - Normandy, France, June 1944 CREDIT : LIFE Magazine

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Normandy trip day 1, part 1 !!

today I visited Bayeux with my mum, a lovely town near Caen

we went to the cathedral and the tapestry museum (i couldn't take pictures)

and i took those on my camera but I can't transfer them so bear with me (but look at thoseee omg I'm a photographer bye)

We also went to the Museum of the Battle of Normandy!!

lots of uniforms were on display, from the German army, the allies and also from the French Resistance

differents kinds of weapons were also visible, including the infamous luger, which I dumbly forgot to take pics of

I also saw this, which, as it should, reminded me of Joy Toye. He would've loved one of these bad boys.

LOTS of decorations/insigna/badges were on display, I took soooo much pictures of it so here are the best ones

and did a close up of the girly herself :

differents kinds of armoured tanks, vehicules and such were on display too !!

here's a jeep willys !!

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The Bayeux Tapestry Begins Major Conservation Project Ahead of Museum Expansion

For the first time in over 40 years, the Bayeux Tapestry will be removed from its display as part of an ambitious conservation and museum redevelopment project. The 11th-century masterpiece, which has drawn record numbers of visitors, will undergo extensive preservation efforts beginning this year. The project will also pave the way for the expansion of the Bayeux Tapestry Museum, with a modernized exhibition space set to open in 2027.

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i want YOU!!! to help me bayeux-ify skyrim

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📜 A segment of the Bayeux Tapestry showing the death of King Harold.

The Latin title reads “Harold rex interfectus est,” or “King Harold is killed.”

Regardless of whether the events in the tapestry are strictly historically accurate, the artifact is important for its visual record of medieval weapons, ships, architecture, clothing and other objects from daily life.

⛪️ Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy, France

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📜 Один из наиболее знаменитых фрагментов гобелена из Байё, изображающий смерть короля Гарольда.

Латинское название гласит: «Harold rex interfectus est» или «Король Гарольд убит».

Независимо от того, являются ли изображенные события на гобелене исторически точными, артефакт важен как визуальное свидетельство средневекового оружия, кораблей, архитектуры, одежды и других предметов повседневной жизни.

⛪️ Собор Байё в Нормандии, Франция

#Bayeux #Harold #KingHarold #КорольГарольд #Байё #гобелен #Tapestry

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Ararat mountain in modern-day Turkey

Russian vintage postcard, mailed in 1904 to Bayeux, France

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Gold Beach

Gold Beach was the central of the five Allied D-Day Normandy landings of 6 June 1944. Primarily British units, with massive naval and air support, were set the task of taking the beach, a feat achieved by the end of the day, using a combination of armoured vehicles and infantry who negotiated mines and obstacles to storm the German defences.

Gold Beach was linked with its neighbouring beachheads as the battle for the beaches evolved into the Battle for Normandy. A floating Mulberry harbour was then built at Gold Beach, which allowed a massive amount of men and equipment to be landed in support of the ever-expanding Allied front in Normandy.

Operation Overlord

The amphibious assault on the beaches of Normandy was the first stage of Operation Overlord which sought to free Western Europe from occupation by Nazi Germany. The supreme commander of the Allied invasion force was General Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), who had been in charge of the Allied operations in the Mediterranean. The commander-in-chief of the Normandy land forces, 39 divisions in all, was the experienced General Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976). Commanding the air element was Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh Mallory (1892-1944), with the naval element commanded by Admiral Bertram Ramsay (1883-1945).

Nazi Germany had long prepared for an Allied invasion, but the German high command was unsure where exactly such an invasion would take place. Allied diversionary strategies added to the uncertainty, but the most likely places remained either the Pas de Calais, the closest point to British shores, or Normandy with its wide flat beaches. The Nazi leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) attempted to fortify the entire coast from Spain to the Netherlands with a series of bunkers, pillboxes, artillery batteries, and troops, but this Atlantic Wall, as he called it, was far from being complete in the summer of 1944. In addition, the wall was thin since there was no real depth to the defences.

Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt (1875-1953), commander-in-chief of the German army in the West, believed it would be impossible to stop an invasion on the coast and so it would be better to hold the bulk of the defensive forces as a mobile reserve to counterattack against enemy beachheads. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), commander of Army Group B, disagreed and considered it essential to halt any invasion on the beaches themselves. Further, Rommel believed that Allied air superiority meant that movements of reserves would be severely hampered. Hitler agreed with Rommel, and so the defenders were strung out wherever the fortifications were at their weakest. Rommel improved the static defences and added steel anti-tank structures to all the larger beaches. In the end, Rundstedt was given a mobile reserve, but the compromise weakened both plans of defence. The German response would not be helped either by their confused command structure, which meant that Rundstedt could not call on any armour (but Rommel, who reported directly to Hitler, could), and neither commander had any control over the paltry naval and air forces available or the separately controlled coastal batteries. Nevertheless, the defences were bulked up around the weaker defences of Normandy to an impressive 31 infantry divisions plus 10 armoured divisions and 7 reserve infantry divisions. The German army had another 13 divisions in other areas of France. A standard German division had a full strength of 15,000 men.

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Bayeux Cathedral, also known as 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, 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 Following serious damage to the cathedral in the 12th century, the cathedral was rebuilt in Gothic style which is most notable in the crossing tower, transepts and east end. However, despite the crossing tower having been started in the 15th century, it was not completed until the 19th century.

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🇫🇷 Normandia tra storia e sapori: Bayeux & Caen

Un giorno immerso nella memoria e nella bellezza della Normandia. 📍 Museo dello Sbarco e Cimitero Britannico per non dimenticare. ⛪ Cattedrale di Bayeux: un gioiello gotico che lascia senza fiato. 🍖 E la giornata si chiude con una cena carnivora a Caen che... wow.

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