ArchiTourLiege - Architecture Walking Tour: Meuse & Outremeuse - Liege

Architour Liege - Tour Meuse & OutreMeuse

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ArchiTourLiege - Architecture Walking Tour: Meuse & Outremeuse - Liege

Liège, Région Wallonne 4000, Belgium

Created By: ArchiTourMaastricht

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Architour Liege - Tour Meuse & Outremeuse

This architecture tour starts in Outremeuse and then crosses the Meuse and arrives back in Outremeuse via Horschateau, the center of Liège and the Saucy footbridge.

Along the way, architectural projects from all eras pass by. Historical projects but also more recent projects by architects as Charles Vandenhove, Bruno Albert and V+ architects.

Of course, special attention is also paid to the Art Nouveau architecture, which is present on both sides of the Maas. Be surprised by the dynamic of Liège that is timeless.

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Faculty of Architecture ULiege - Outremeuse In 2000, the former Fonck barracks were taken over by the École supérieure des Arts Saint-Luc Liège and the Institut supérieur d'Architecture Saint-Luc. The location quickly became one of the... Read more
Manege - Caserne Fonck Among the sober and functional buildings built in the 1830s to redesign a badly damaged monastery for military use, the Caserne Fonck manege has a special heritage value. The riding school (built in 1837) shows the ex... Read more
 Le Balloir, 1988-2000  The current building was built in the 16th century and often renovated. The secular Abbot of Visé and Archdeacon of the Ardennes, Jean-Ernest, Baron Surlet de Chokier, founded the Hospice Sainte Barbe des filles i... Read more
The Saint-Léonard Park, also called the Saint-Léonard Esplanade, is an esplanade & park north of the Place des Déportés (parking lot with trees towards the water) At this site, the water-filled St. Léonard canal of the Meuse was du... Read more
In the Hors-Château district, the built heritage is rich at the end of the 1980s, but outdated and no longer meets the needs of the residents. Although the government could have introduced a new tabula rasa policy, they decided to take a c... Read more
These are narrow and exciting pedestrian paths that are sometimes accessed through an arched passageway (Walloon: an arvô) at the front of a building. Six of these eight Impasses end on the Rue Hors-Château. They are lined by old, often w... Read more
The Montagne de Bueren is a staircase of 374 steps - strategically constructed in the 19th century as a direct access from the Citadel barracks to the city center - that connects the Féronstrée and Hors-Château districts with the Péri a... Read more
In 1243 the Franciscans settled in Liège. The Monastery of the Friars Minor is a place of prayer and becomes a privileged place in the public life of the "Fiery City". During the 17th century it was completely rebuilt in the Mosan Renaissa... Read more
The Prince-Bishops Palace of Liège or Episcopal Palace of Liège is located on Place Saint-Lambert in the center of Liège. A first palace, integrated into the fortifications, was built around the year 1000 by Prince-Bishop Notger and dis... Read more
The church of Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert was the cathedral of Liege in 1794, when it was destroyed. The enormous Gothic cathedral was located on the Place Saint Lambert in the heart of Liege.  With two choirs, two transepts, three build... Read more
The island of Saint-Michel is a complex of modern buildings. The complex was built west of the Place Sint-Lambert and opened in September 1999. It has shops, offices and homes. In the 1960s, politicians and technicians agreed to adapt t... Read more
Hotel Torrentius was built in the second half of the 16th century and is attributed to the Liège architect Lambert Lombard. It is one of the most beautiful gems of patrician architecture in Liège. The hotel was built for the prelate, poet... Read more
Typical Liège restaurant that has been in existence since 1972 and welcomes its customers in the 17th century building, 50 meters from the Royal Opera and Place Saint-Lambert, the heart of the 'fiery city' of Liège Specialties worth tasti... Read more
The Royal Opera of Wallonia is an opera house on the Place de l'Opéra, in the center of Liège. Together with La Monnaie and the Flemish Opera, it is one of the three major opera houses in the kingdom. From the beginning, the institution... Read more
For several decades, the city of Liège, like many other European cities, has witnessed the disappearance of cinemas from the center, caused by competition from big suburban cinema complexes. In response to this, a competition was held fo... Read more
Before the current La Cité Mirroir, there was Les Bains de la Sauvenière - a sports complex and public baths - between Boulevard de la Sauvenière and Place Xavier Neujean. The complex was built in 1938 in 'Packet Boat Style', a modern... Read more
A bit hidden away on Place Xavier-Neujean is a bookstore with special attention for youth. The first 'Livre Aux Tressoir' was founded at the end of 2002. That was the idea of Philippe Marczewski, a researcher in neuropsychology who practice... Read more
Maison Oury, a building from 1898 on the corner of Rue Sébastien Laurelle was designed by architect Paul Jaspar for the dentist Oury. Paul Jaspar, one of the great masters of Liège Art Nouveau, uses the typical features of traditional 'M... Read more
The Passage Lemonnier is a covered passage that connects the Vinâve d'Île with the Rue de l'Université and is crossed in the middle by the Rue Lulay des Fèbvres. The Passage Lemonnier, built between 1836 and 1838 by the architects Lou... Read more
'Galerie Cathédrale' was built in 1954. A shopping arcade over two floors with various shops and the famous Chinese restaurant 'Le Shanghai' on the first floor. The beautiful 60s details are still visible here and there in the windows and ... Read more
Since 2013, the city of Liège has had a contemporary theater that is partly housed in the building of the Société Libre d'Emulation, an association that has been active since the 18th century and is committed to the promotion of knowledg... Read more
It is a pleasure, in the smell of glue and paper, in the comforting density of the books, as you escape the hustle and bustle of the outside world. In the heart of Liège, opposite the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, near the Emulation, ... Read more
The Grand-Poste de Liège (formerly Hôtel des Postes) was built on Rue de la Régence between 1896 and 1901, according to plans by architect Edmond Jamar to house the city's postal services. The building has not been in use since 2002 and ... Read more
The ramp/landing of the Saucy pedestrian/ cyclists bridge 'The footbridge is something for the residents of Outremeuse, the bridge that you cross without a hat for a short crossing. (Georges Simenon) The Regency Bridge, also called the Sauc... Read more
Maison Charles Magnette is one of the first realizations of architect Paul Jaspar, one of the masters of Art Nouveau on the banks of the Maas. It was built in 1897 for lawyer and politician Charles Magnette, who would later become a senator... Read more
The Henri Alexandre House is an Art Nouveau style building built in 1907 by architect Joseph Barsin. Art Nouveau elements can be seen in several other buildings on this street, such as Victor Rogister's Maison Defeld at No. 19 and at No. ... Read more
Maison Defeld 1907 - Architect: Victor Rogister A very rationally designed house, where the facade of this house for hairdresser Defeld avoids monotony through the diversity per floor. The slenderness of the windows and bay windows emphasiz... Read more
Georges Simenon has been an integral part of the Liège landscape for more than ten years. The landscape is in the broadest sense of the word, as it is both an architectural and a cultural reference. It has been included in various publicat... Read more
Maison Counet & House of the Aztecs Maison Counet is one of the masterpieces of the Liège architect Victor Rogister. It is one of his most beautiful Art Nouveau projects in Liège, just like Maison Piot, Maison Pieper and Maison Lapail... Read more
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