Statue of William the Conqueror in Falaise, near the town hall, the Trinity Church, and Château de Falaise. The monument has been registered as a historic monument since 18 July 2006. The statue is owned by the municipality of Falaise. Statue of William the Conqueror The statue of William the Conqueror is located in his birthplace, Falaise, Calvados, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) southeast of Caen, France. It depicts William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy and later King of England, on a horse, and is surrounded by statues of his six predecessors. It is the work of the French sculptor Louis Rochet. The monument
History of the French in Holyoke Métis peoples and was ultimately hung for treason. In the literary world the city also hosted a banquet honoring French Canadian poet laureate Louis Fréchette . A recipient of the Académie française's Prix Montyon, he was the first Canadian author to receive such an honor from a European nation. A group of the city's French-Canadian residents would organize a banquet welcoming him to the United States, held at former-Mayor Whiting's Windsor Hotel on January 31, 1882. Fréchette was received at this banquet by several city and state officials, including former Holyoke mayors William B. C. Pearsons and William Whiting, as