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Bayeux Sights

Cathédrale Notre Dame

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  • Address
    • rue du Bienvenu
  • Hours
    • 8.30am-6pm

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Lonely Planet review for Cathédrale Notre Dame

Most of Bayeux' spectacular Norman Gothic cathedral dates from the 13th century, though the crypt (accessible from the north side of the choir), the arches of the nave and the lower portions of the entrance towers are 11th-century Romanesque. The central tower was added in the 15th century; the copper dome dates from the 1860s. First prize for tackiness has got to go to 'Litanies de la Sainte Vierge', a 17th-century retable in the first chapel on the left as you enter the cathedral.

 

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    Can a cathedral be quaint?

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    Though closed when I visited, the picture I took as the ediface loomed into view still sits on my desk to this day. A small affair compared to many of its sisters around the country, Cathedrale Bayeux is nonetheless uplifting. With a thrilling economy of expression, it modestly testifies to the glory of a lavishly loving God.

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