The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70-metre (230-foot) long and 50-centimetre (20-inch) tall that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William, Duke of Normandy challenging Harold II, King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. It is thought to date to the 11th century, within a few years of the battle. Now widely accepted to have been made in England, perhaps as a gift for William, it tells the story from the point of view of the conquering Normans and for centuries has been preserved in Normandy.
The Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the Norman conquest of England, is returning to the UK for the first time in more than 900 years.
