Bayeux Tapestry

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Painting · c. 1070 · England (probably Canterbury) · Europe

A nearly 70 m embroidery of the 1066 Norman Conquest — a medieval comic strip

Bayeux Tapestry — Myrabella · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Romanesque — Thick walls, round arches and stone vaults: a fortress-church for pilgrims
Century: 11th century

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