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Adresse renseignée dans la base Mérimée :
place Guillaume le Conquérant
14700 Falaise - France
Code Insee de la commune : 14258
Calvados [14] - Caen - Basse Normandie (Normandie)
Adresse approximative issue des coordonnées GPS (latitude et longitude) :
3 Place Guillaume le Conquérant 14700 Falaise
Eléments protégés :
La statue équestre de Guillaume le Conquérant, avec son socle comprenant les six statues des ducs de Normandie, située place Guillaume-le-Conquérant, sur le domaine public non cadastré, telle que délimitée et hachurée en rouge sur le plan annexé à l'arrêté : classement par arrêté du 16 février 2024
Historique :
Répondant à l'idée d'un monument dédié à Guillaume le Conquérant émise dès 1837, les frères Rochet remirent un projet en plâtre de groupe équestre en 1848. Guillaume le Conquérant, monté sur un cheval, a la tête tournée vers ses troupes et porte haut le gonfanon qui lui a été remis par le pape Alexandre III. Six statues des ducs de Normandie complètent le monument, fondues en 1875. Louis Rochet a tenté d'offrir une représentation réaliste du héros, disant s'être inspiré de la tapisserie de Bayeux (cotte de mailles, casque normand à nasal fixe, reliques autour du cou). Le groupe équestre fut exposé sur les Champs-Elysées pendant que l'architecte Trolonge achevait le piédestal en granit de Sainte-Honorine.
Périodes de construction :
milieu XIXe siècle
Architecte ou maître d'oeuvre :
Rochet Louis (sculpteur)
Propriété de la commune
Monument Historique associé : Place Guillaume-le-Conquérant
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Français : Statue équestre de Guillaume le Conquérant à Falaise (Calvados, France), par Louis Rochet.
Statue of Guillaume le Conquérant in Falaise
Statue of Guillaume le Conquérant in Falaise
Statue of Guillaume le Conquérant in Falaise
Statue of Guillaume le Conquérant in Falaise
Statue of Guillaume le Conquérant in Falaise
Français : Falaise (Normandie, France). La statue de Richard II de Normandie.
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Français : statue de Guillaume le Conquérant à Falaise (Calvados)
Français : vue sur la place guillaume le conquérant le tribunal, le centre d'action social et l'église de Falaise.
English: Photo of Richard the Fearless as part of the Six Dukes of Normandy statue in the Falaise town square.
English: Photo of Richard the Good as part of the Six Dukes of Normandy statue in the Falaise town square.
English: Photo of Richard III as part of the Six Dukes of Normandy statue in the Falaise town square.
English: Photo of Robert the Magnificent as part of the Six Dukes of Normandy statue in the Falaise town square.
English: Photo of Rollon statue depicted among the 6 dukes of Normandy in the town square of Falaise
English: Identifier: stnicholasserial271dodg (find matches) Title: St. Nicholas (serial) Year: 1873 (1870s) Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 Subjects: Children's literature Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.) Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: rly a castle onthat very spot, and no doubt the foundationsare those of the older building. The old guidedoes not tell one this. He believes that Wil-liam was born in the present castle; and sincehe knows that travelers like to see the placeswhere famous people were born, he leads oneup a little stairway, and around the inside of themighty keep, and whenever he comes to a win-dow he shows how thick the wall is,— fifteenfeet,— and finally he brings one to a littlechamber built in the thickness of the wall.Then he strikes an attitude, and says : Behold,my lords and ladies, where William the Con-queror was born ! One looks at the alcove,and reads, doubtingly, the lofty words inscribedon the wall which set forth how the mightyConqueror first saw the light in that tiny room. Williams mothers name was Arlette, andshe was a washerwoman — at least, she waswashing clothes when Prince Robert first sawher. There is a little washing-fountain atFalaise, now, which goes by the name of the 436 Text Appearing After Image: BRONZE STATUE OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR IN THE SQUAR 437 E OF FALAISE, NORMANDY, HIS NATIVE TOWN. 438 THE BOYHOOD OF THE CONQUEROR. (Mar. fountain of Arlette; and people wash there just as Williams mother used to wash. They put the clothes down on a board or stone, near the edge of the fountain, and whack them with a wooden paddle until they imagine that the dirt must be beaten out; then they souse the clothes in the A water, and lay them upon a stone to dry in the sun. This process is all very simple, as there is neither soap nor warm water; and it is very likely that Arlette was beating her clothes clean in this fashion when the young prince saw name was Fulbert. There are tanneries on thesame spot now, and the smells of the place areprobably as terrific as in more ancient times. Williams father, who was eighteen at thetime his renowned son was born, was theyounger brother of the Duke of Nor-mandy. At this time he was only Count of ■ i ■.. . . JBft. Hiesmois, a long-Pi M . Mm # i Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
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Statue équestre du Duc Guillaume le Conquérant
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Français: Richard III, Duc de Normandie
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Calvados Falaise Chateau Vue Place Guillaume Le Conquerant 041996
Calvados Falaise Place Guillaume Conquerant 25012015
Français : Eglise la Trinite Falaise Calvados
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Fiche Mérimée : PA14000067
Dernière mise à jour de la fiche Monumentum : 2026-05-05
Consultez le programme des Journées du Patrimoine pour le Monument Historique Statue de Guillaume le Conquérant situé à Falaise en consultant le programme officiel des JEP 2026.