Medieval masterpiece Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London

Medieval masterpiece Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London. The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London for the first time in more than 900 years after a highly secure and complex journey from France to the British Museum, as FRANCE 24's Rochelle…

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Medieval masterpiece Bayeux Tapestry arrives in London. The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London for the first time in more than 900 years after a highly secure and complex journey from France to the British Museum, as FRANCE 24's Rochelle Ferguson-Bouyahi explains. The 11th-century masterpiece depicting the Battle of Hastings will be displayed from September 2026 to July 2027, in a historic loan hailed as a symbol of Franco-British ties.

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