Statue of William the Conqueror 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 is a bronze statue on a granite pedestal. Surrounding the pedestal are six other statues representing the first six dukes of Normandy: Rollo, William I, Richard I, Richard II, Richard III, and Robert I. There
Tomb of Daniel until it was demolished by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in July 2014. A reference to the Tomb of Daniel being located in the village of Al Wajihiya near Muqdadiyah, Iraq, was made after a bombing at the site in 2007. The tomb, situated in the Diyala Governorate, was targeted by Islamist terrorists and most of the structure collapsed as a result, including its green dome. There is another claimed tomb of Daniel, located just outside Samarkand, Uzbekistan. According to the local legend, the Turkic conqueror Amir Timur attempted to conquer Syria for many years, but was