'Nothing left to chance' for Bayeux Tapestry's journey to London

Uniunea Europeana

The 950-year-old Bayeux Tapestry will be as safe "as a baby" when it makes its unprecedented journey to London next month, according to French officials. The tapestry will be leaving Bayeux for only the third time in its history before being put on display for nine months at the British Museum. Serious reservations about the journey have been raised by many in France's art world, who say the tapestry is too fragile and too important to move. But after two dry-runs with facsimiles, the culture

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