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The southern sunlight
bathes the Hôtel Tardif creating a spot to sit and enjoy some leisure
moments during your visit to Bayeux. The main spire of the Cathédrale
de Notre-Dame de Bayeux can be seen above the roof of the hôtel,
a monument completed in 1077 after thirty years of construction by the
half-brother of William the Conqueror, Bishop Eudes de Conteville.
It burned down in 1105, but was ambitiously reconstructed. With Romanesque
beginnings, the cathedral evolved in the thirteenth century into a half
Gothic structure, and the two architectural styles blend beautifully.
How wonderful to walk from your lodging at Hôtel Tardif for a minute
or two and be at this historic catherdral! |
Southern Exposure
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