Bayeux Cathedral

We were in Bayeux to see the Tapestry. As we got approached the city it soon became obvious that the Cathedral is one of the most fantastic in Europe!

From Bayeux and Arromanche / Gold Beach

Built to replace the previous wooden Cathedral which burnt down, it was built in the 1070s was consecrated on 14 July 1077 in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy and King of England.

From Bayeux and Arromanche / Gold Beach

Most of the texts say that it was here that William forced Harold Godwinson to take an oath to allow the Crown of England to pass to William, the breaking of which lead to the Norman conquest of England. If so then the oath was taken in the old Cathedral

Inside is just as amazing