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Cathedral
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux
Romanesque and Gothic cathedral consecrated in 1077 in the presence of William the Conqueror. For centuries it housed the Tapeçaria de Bayeux.
Normandia · France
Bayeux
In the destination Normandy and Mont-Saint-Michel.
In the photo: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux
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The city
What to expect from Bayeux.
A medieval town that escaped the 1944 bombings, Bayeux has a Romanesque and Gothic cathedral and the Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie, and is the most practical base for the D-Day beaches: Omaha Beach, the American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, Pointe du Hoc, the Musée du Débarquement in Arromanches, the Centre Juno Beach and the Mémorial de Caen.
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The local experience
What to see in Bayeux
Museum
Musée Mémorial de la Bataille de Normandie
Bayeux's municipal museum about the Battle of Normandia, from June to August 1944, with vehicles, uniforms and an archival film. It is opposite the British military cemetery.
Cemetery
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
American military cemetery above Omaha Beach, in Colleville-sur-Mer, with about 9,400 graves of soldiers killed on D-Day and in subsequent operations. Entry is free.
Beach
Omaha Beach
One of the five landing beaches of 6 June 1944, between Vierville-sur-Mer and Colleville-sur-Mer, where American troops suffered the heaviest losses on D-Day.
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Historical site
Pointe du Hoc
Cliff of about 30 meters scaled by American Rangers on D-Day to neutralize a German battery. The terrain still bears bomb craters and bunkers.
Museum
Musée du Débarquement
The first museum created about D-Day, in Arromanches-les-Bains, facing the remains of the Mulberry artificial harbor assembled by the Allies at sea in June 1944.
Museum
Centre Juno Beach
Museum in Courseulles-sur-Mer about the Canadians in World War II, on Juno Beach itself, where Canadian troops landed on 6 June 1944.
Museum
Mémorial de Caen
Large museum about 20th-century history, from the First World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, with a whole section dedicated to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy.