The main reason we stopped in the small town of Bayeux, France was to see this Gothic Cathedral. Another, amazing, Cathedral!
Bayeux also was the first city in France to be liberated during the Battle of Normandy (see my next blog) during the Second World War.
On 16 June 1944 General Charles de Gaulle made his first major speech in Bayeux in which he made clear that France sided with the Allies. The buildings in Bayeux were virtually untouched during the Battle of Normandy, even though it was very close to that battle area.
The Bayeux War Cemetery with its memorial includes the largest British cemetery dating from the Second World War in France. We did not have time to visit it.
