单词 | bayeux |
释义 | BayeuxenUKBa·yeuxB0123100 (bī-yo͞o′, bā-, bä-yœ′)Bayeux(French bajø)BayeuxenUKBayeux(bäyo͞o`, Fr. bäyö`), town (1990 pop. 15,106), Calvados dept., N France, in Normandy, near the English Channel. It is a farm and communications center, noted for its lace industry. A Roman town and episcopal see from the 4th cent., it was burned (1105) by Henry I of England. Sections of its Romanesque church withstood the fire and form a part of the remarkable Gothic cathedral built for the most part in the 13th cent. The town is particularly famous for its museum containing the Bayeux tapestryBayeux tapestry.This so-called tapestry is in fact an embroidery that chronicles the Norman Conquest of England by William the Conqueror (William I) in 1066. It is a long, narrow strip of coarse linen, 230 ft by 20 in. ..... Click the link for more information. . In World War II, Bayeux was the first French city liberated by the Allies (June 8, 1944). Bayeux |
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