Bayeux - Notre Dame Cathedral |
City: Bayeux is a small town
and community in the Calvados department, in Normandy, north
western France. There are about 15,000 residents,
known as Bayeusins or Bajocasses. Bayeux is noted for its
housing of the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the oldest surviving
complete tapestries in the world. This tapestry was made in
1068, depicting the Norman invasion of England in 1066 by
William the Conqueror.
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Building:
In this town is a cathedral, the Notre Dame. The first Roman
cathedral, inaugurated in 1077, was destroyed by fire in 1105.
After a great renovation it was again destroyed by fire, this
time in 1160. The decoration of the nave and the crypt are still
from that building. Everything else was replaced by in Gothic
style, gradually added over a long period of time.
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Object:
Inside the cathedral the Tetragrammaton can be seen, the Hebrew
characters representing God's name.
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