Bayeux
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Bayeux is located just a few kilometres from the coast of the English Channel. The River Aure runs through the town of Bayeux. It is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, made to commemorate the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
Bayeux was one of the first French towns to be liberated during the Battle of Normandy, and on 16 June 1944 General Charles de Gaulle made his first important speech on liberated French soil in there. The buildings in Bayeux were virtually untouched during the Battle of Normandy as the German forces defending the town were pulled away to help defend Caen.
Read MoreBayeux is located just a few kilometres from the coast of the English Channel. The River Aure runs through the town of Bayeux. It is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, made to commemorate the Norman conquest of England in 1066.
Bayeux was one of the first French towns to be liberated during the Battle of Normandy, and on 16 June 1944 General Charles de Gaulle made his first important speech on liberated French soil in there. The buildings in Bayeux were virtually untouched during the Battle of Normandy as the German forces defending the town were pulled away to help defend Caen.
