Liège is one of the oldest cities in Belgium , so you can easily say that the sights are almost everywhere.
Ors Chateau and En Feronstra, Voliere Streets and the Saint Servais Foundation, the Church of Saint Servais and the chapel of Saint-Roche, medieval houses in the style of the Mouzan, the Place du Marche and the Place Saint-Lambert, and of course the famous Montagne-du-Buren staircase, which is often called the ladder of 400 steps (although in fact only 373 in all), the Outermeus area with its Osmanian buildings, the Constitution Boulevard and the Place du Congress, the Market Square and the old Citadel ... The historical center of Liège can in principle be circumvented in one day, but in fact, imbued with the spirit of this amazing place, you you will examine its unique buildings for as long as you can live in this romantic and tough, so different and so unique city.
To inspect all the attractions in Liege, it will take more than a week. And after long walks, you can relax with pleasure in the Botanical Park , in the gardens of Cotto or in the garden of Dina Deferme.
Cathedrals and churches
In Liege, many cathedrals and churches - this is due in part to the fact that until 1789 the city was under the control of the episcopate. In the church of St. Bartholomew you can see a wonderfully beautiful bronze font of the 12th century. The church of Saint-Jean is considered to be the most beautiful of the Liège churches, it is known for its rather rare octagonal form, as well as its interior, including stunning paintings and the wooden sculpture of Our Lady of Delacroix, dated 1523. The Church of Saint Martin was founded in the 10th century, burnt down at the end of the 13th century and was completely restored in the 15th century.
The Cathedral of Saint-Paul - the cathedral of Liege, today it houses the cancer of St. Lambert. Also worthy of attention are the churches of Saint-Christophe, Saint-Nicolas, Saint-Denis, the Saint-Jacques Evangelical College. Very beautiful Neo-Byzantine synagogue in the street Leon Frederic.
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Museums
The "main" museum of Liège is the Museum of Archeology and Art of Maasland , located in the ancient palace of Curtius and two neighboring buildings. The 8-storey building was built in the beginning of the XVII and was used as a storage facility. The other two buildings once housed a hotel, known for the fact that Napoleon stopped there twice.
An ethnological museum is located in the building of the old nunnery at Kyur dj Miniors. One of the most visited museums is also the Aquarium, which presents more than 2500 species of fish. In the same building are the Museum of Science and the Museum of Zoology. These places will be very interesting for children.
A comparatively new museum, opened in 1985 in the building of the former tram depot - the Museum of Public Transport , which tells the story of the public transport of Liege since 1875, when the first horse tram appeared in the city. Another fairly new museum is the Museum of Walloon Art, abbreviated as BAL. It is located on Ors Chateau in a building built in the 70s of last century. It features a permanent exhibition, which represents a collection of canvases of different periods, as well as various exhibitions.
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Other attractions
There are things to see in Liege besides churches and museums. One of the business cards of the city can be called the building of the railway station, designed by the famous architect Santiago Calatrava. The Perron fountain attracts tourists in the market square, named after the medieval fort destroyed in 1468. Another famous fountain is in front of St. Paul's Cathedral - it's Our Lady and Child, made by the sculptor Léon Jean de Julquer in the middle of the 12th century.
There are many monuments in the city. A monument to a native of Liège Georges Simenon, as well as monuments dedicated to prominent historical figures - King Albert I, known for his role in the First World War, one of the leaders of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Charles Roger, and a monument to the most famous of all Frankish kings - Charles the Great , which is located on Avrua Boulevard in 1868.
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