Palace of the Prince-Bishops
For over eight centuries, from 980–1795, a large swath of what is now Belgium was ruled from Liège by a succession of Prince-Bishops (Princes-Évêques), who as the name implies were Read More …
Category: Liège
In the footsteps (or wagon ruts) of Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo’s first visit to Liège was in 1840, when he was thirty-eight years old. He was travelling by stagecoach, known in French as a diligence, and was on his Read More …
Salomé in the opera tent
The Théâtre Royal de Liège, home of the Royal Opera of the Wallonia, was closed for several years to be reconstructed and enlarged. When I was there in 2011, I Read More …
Grétry Museum in Liège
The composer André-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813) was born in Liège, and his birth house has been turned into a small museum. Grétry was extremely popular during his lifetime. He composed about Read More …
Guillemins Railway Station
A good way to start a conversation in Liège, Belgium, is to ask people what they think of the new Guillemins Railway Station. The answers I got typically started: “Well, Read More …
Two crumbling landmarks on a hill
Up on a hill at the south end of Liège, Belgium, there is a church called Sacré Coeur (Sacred Heart) and a tower called the Inter-Allied Monument. These can be Read More …