What is the Bayeux Tapestry? Five facts about the famous artwork

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término definición
gobelin, arras
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a tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry will go on display in London later this year, giving people the opportunity to see the huge embroidered masterpiece up close.
haft
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embroidery
The Bayeux Tapestry is a nearly 70-metre-long embroidery which tells the story of the events leading up to the Norman invasion of Britain, which led to the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066.
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embroidered
The Bayeux Tapestry will go on display in London later this year, giving people the opportunity to see the huge embroidered masterpiece up close.
dzieło sztuki
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artwork
The tapestry is one of the most famous artworks from the Middle Ages and helps give historians rare clues about what life was like nearly 1,000 years ago.
arcydzieło
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a masterpiece
The Bayeux Tapestry will go on display in London later this year, giving people the opportunity to see the huge embroidered masterpiece up close.
70-metrowy
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70-meter-long
The Bayeux Tapestry is a nearly 70-metre-long embroidery which tells the story of the events leading up to the Norman invasion of Britain, which led to the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066.
wskazówka, trop
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a clue
The tapestry is one of the most famous artworks from the Middle Ages and helps give historians rare clues about what life was like nearly 1,000 years ago.
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to feature
Did you know? The Bayeux Tapestry features 623 men, 3 women, 190 horses, 37 ships, 35 dogs, 506 birds and animals, 33 buildings and 37 trees or groups of trees.
przyrodni brat
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a half-brother
Nobody knows exactly who was behind the Bayeux Tapestry, but many historians think William's half-brother, Bishop Odo of Bayeux, may have been involved.
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to stitch
Experts are also unsure exactly who stitched the Bayeux Tapestry, but it was likely made by a group of skilled artists and embroiderers rather than one person.
igła (do szycia)
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a needle
szycie, robótki ręczne
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needlework
According to the British Museum, it's widely thought that English women could have been involved, as their needlework skills were admired across Europe at that time.
zakonnica
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a nun
Some historians think it was likely created by nuns from Barking Abbey, one of the wealthiest and most important nunneries in medieval England.
klasztor (żeński) / synonym: convent
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a nunnery
Some historians think it was likely created by nuns from Barking Abbey, one of the wealthiest and most important nunneries in medieval England.
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to display
The artwork is usually displayed at The Bayeux Museum in the northern French region of Normandy, however the museum is undergoing renovations at the moment.
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to undergo
The artwork is usually displayed at The Bayeux Museum in the northern French region of Normandy, however the museum is undergoing renovations at the moment.
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to loan
This is why it is being loaned to the British Museum in London.
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to go on display
The tapestry will go on display in the UK from 10 September 2026 until 11 July 2027, before it makes its journey back to France.
środek nocy, głęboka noc / pod osłoną nocy
Las nie jest miejscem, w którym chciałbyś być w środku nocy
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the dead of night
The forest isn't a place where you want to be in the dead of night. The Bayeux Tapestry was delivered to the British Museum in the dead of night.

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