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Bayeux Tapestry

embroidered wall-hanging art depicting the Norman invasion of England
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Bayeux Tapestry
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Summary

Bayeux Tapestry is a wall hanging[1]. It draws 125,005 Wikipedia views per month (wall hanging category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bayeux[3]
  • Country: France[4]
  • Instance of: embroidery[5]
  • Commissioned by: Odo, Earl of Kent[6]
  • Owned by: French people[7]
  • Genre: Anglo-Saxon art[8], embroidery[9]
  • Named after: Bayeux[10]
  • Depicts: Norman conquest of England[11], human[12], Equidae[13], dog[14], Animalia[15], building[16], ship[17], tree[18], Edward the Confessor[19], Harold Godwinson[20], Guy I, Count of Ponthieu[21], Le Mont Saint-Michel[22], William the Conqueror[23], Couesnon[24]
  • Made from material: linen[25], wool[26]
  • Collection: Bayeux Tapestry Museum[27], Museum of Art and History Baron Gérard[28]
  • Location: Bayeux Museum[29], British Museum[30]
  • Commons category: Bayeux Tapestry[31]
  • Language of work or name: medieval Latin[32]
  • Country of origin: England[33], Kingdom of England[34]
  • Inception: 1100[35]
  • Official website: https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/[36], https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/la-tapisserie-de-bayeux/[37]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Bayeux Tapestry[38]
  • Main subject: Norman conquest of England[39]
  • Commons gallery: Bayeux Tapestry[40]
  • Described at URL: https://www.unesco.org/fr/memory-world/bayeux-tapestry[41], https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/bayeux-tapestry[42]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[43], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45]
  • Heritage designation: object classified as a historical monument[46], Memory of the World International Register[47]
  • Title: Tapisserie de Bayeux[48]
  • Height: 0.50 m[49]

Why It Matters

Bayeux Tapestry has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Bayeux Dinan Edward the Confessor England France Harold Godwinson Kingdom of England public domain ship William the Conqueror

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Palissy database. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Palissy database. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Make Lists, Not War. Retrieved . beckchris.wordpress.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Palissy database. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Palissy database. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . bayeuxmuseum.com. bayeuxmuseum.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1100-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'ang', 'ar', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', '
    Sitelink count → 64
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Inception: 11. century, Give inception as the 11th century: the 1070s decade did not hold its own earliest and latest dates, 1066 and 1083, which stay"
  2. 6w ago · ~2026-47482-50 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Joconde work id → M0655000214
    Owned by → French people
    Collection → Bayeux Tapestry Museum, Museum of Art and History Baron Gérard
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Owned by: French people"
  3. 6w ago · Totorvdr59 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → French people
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Owned by: France"
  4. 6w ago · ~2026-47482-50 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → French people
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Owned by: French people"
  5. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bayeux-tapestry
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: bayeux-tapestry, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289911421|bayeux tapestry (#289911421)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  6. 14w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Bayeux Museum, British Museum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Location: British Museum"
  7. 15w ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1100-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Topic's main category → Category:Bayeux Tapestry
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Height → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.50'}
    + 34 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39759|batch #39759]]: Guardian topic ID"
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