The tapestry - actually an embroidered cloth, not a true tapestry - has been in Bayeux, France, since at least 1476 when it appeared in an inventory of the cathedral's property. So far as anyone...
BeCause they wasn't!That's all!
no, it in an embroidery because of the way it is made
it wasn't made in bayeux it was made in kent by Norman nuns and commisioned by bishop odo William's half-brother.
A hand sewn embroidery of the events of the Battle of Hastings. It is shown in Normandy.