What is Bayeux Cathedral?
[[Image:Bayeux Cathedral-all.jpg|thumb|250px|Bayeux Cathedral]] '''Bayeux Cathedral''', also called the '''Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayeux''' ({{lang-fr|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<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7etxi9ToXAAC&dq=bayeux+cathedral+harold+signed+oath&pg=PA19|title=The Study of the Bayeux Tapestry|last=Gameson|first=Richard|date=1997|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=978-0-85115-664-4|location=|pages=19|language=en}}</ref> that later led to the [[Norman Conquest]]. ==Other websites== *[http://cathedraledebayeux.voila.net/ Les Amis de Cathedrale de Bayeux] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206214223/http://cathedraledebayeux.voila.net/ |date=2013-02-06 }} ==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Bayeux Historic Centre.jpg|Towers over town Image:Notre Dame de Bayeux.jpg|Cathedral hall interior Image:Bayeux_cathedrale_Notre-Dame_crypte.jpg|[[Crypt]] under the cathedral Image:Bayeauxcathedralinterior.jpg|An inside view of the cathedral Image:Baycript.jpg|A mural in the crypt Image:Baycrypt.jpg|Another such mural </gallery> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Roman Catholic cathedrals]] [[Category:Cathedrals in France]] [[Category:Calvados]] [[Category:11th-century buildings and structures]]