From cider to battlefields to medieval towns to calvados, there is such a broad range of interesting things to do in Normandy ...

As shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, in 1064 Harold washed up on the Norman coast and was led to Duke William as a captive of Guy of Ponthieu. Below this scene there is a naked man beseeching a woman ...

The public display of the Bayeux Tapestry will be temporarily closed for two years for restoration work, beginning August 31, 2025. It will reopen in late 2027, just in time to mark a millennium ...

The remains of King Harold II, who died at the famed Battle of Hastings, have never been found. But thanks to the Bayeux tapestry and an “en-suite loo,” historians might finally have an answer.

A telltale toilet reveals “lost” site shown in Bayeux Tapestry A house in England is most likely the site of a lost residence of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.

This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo, a close relative of William the Conqueror, to ...

I had my own little stage on which to play out the thrilling stories I was discovering from the rich tapestry of medieval history. (Speaking of tapestries, when I turned 7 the following August, I used ...

The author, age 6, is photographed on Christmas in 1971. "The Joe Namath uniform did NOT land as effectively as the castle set," the author writes. Charles Anthony Silvestri ...

Admire some of France’s greatest treasures, including magnificent Mont-Saint-Michel and the finely stitched Bayeux Tapestry. Savor flavorful wines and a tasty lunch at a stately, 10th-century castle, ...

The tapestry re-opens today for the 2024 season, during which it will remain at St James, opening between 9.30am and 3pm Monday to Friday. In the autumn it will close and move to Castle Cornet as its ...

Past Banteer, Ó Drisceoil heard the story of 17th century rapparee, Donal A’ Rasca, a descendant of the O’Keeffes of Dromagh Castle, who was betrayed to the British by his lover, Mairead Ní ...