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The city has become the home to large numbers of Algerian, Moroccan, Turkish, and Vietnamese immigrants. Liège also houses a significant Afro-Belgian community. The city is a major educational hub in Belgium. There are 42,000 pupils attending more than 24 schools. The University of Liège, founded in 1817, has 20,000 students.
The calling of Liège was henceforth sealed for the entire Ancien Régime period: it was to be an episcopal city and soon bristled with the spires of many church towers. Legia sive Leodium vulgo Liege 1649 - p02-Hollar-C2Ch2-4-web.jpg Wenceslas Hollar Legia sive Loedium vulgo Liege 1649 Heritage funds, Ulysse Capitaine library C2Ch2-4
A bloodless revolution ended the rule of the nobles in 1789; Liège was annexed to France in 1795 and assigned with the rest of Belgium to the Netherlands in 1815. Its citizens played an important part in the Belgian Revolution in 1830. After Belgium became independent (1830), the city expanded and became a major industrial center.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The end of bishop-princes came in 1794, after the locals of Liege were inspired by the French Revolution and ousted the city's last ruler Antoine de Mean. France quickly absorbed the city into its fold and the history of Liege embarked on a new direction. In 1815, the French lost control of the city to the Dutch under the Congress of Vienna.
Introduction. Liège is has an exceptionally rich history, as well as prehistory, even by European standards. The oldest (pre-)human settlements in Belgium, dating from 800,000 years ago (Homo erectus),, were found in Hallembaye, 15km north of the modern city centre. The world's very first Neanderthal skull was found in the suburb of Engis in ...
Liège is also seat of a Roman Catholic bishop. In 2007, 188,907 people lived there. [5] It is at 50° 38 North, 05° 34 East. [6] The first written trace of the city was found in 558 as Leodicum or Vicus Leodicus. From 717, Liege was made the seat of a bishopric and became a cultural centre in the Middle Ages.
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Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Grivegnée, Jupille, Rocourt, and Wandre become part of Liège. RTC-Télé Liège (television) established. 1980 Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (Liège) opens. Maison de la science established. 1981 - Opera Cinema in business. 1985 Lawsuit Gravier v City of Liège decided.
