Construction works

The city is currently an enormous construction site. Here's an example, the renovation works of the old building of the Société Libre d'Emulation, which will eventually become a theatre. In case you're wandering, a Société d'Emulation is a kind of learned society that was very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Happy Skywatch!

Abbaye des Bénédictines

Two views of the Benedictine Abbey on a sunny day. There's been a lot of these over the last week!

More of Liège in 1730

Thank you for the nice comments on my previous post. I took another three photos of the model so here they are.

Liège in 1730

In the library of the University of Liège, you can view this model of Liège in the 18th century made by Gustave Ruhl-Hauzeur. It's an enormous, highly detailed model that took 10 years to complete. It was made in the very early 20th century so its historical accuracy is being questioned but it looks good!

Salle académique

This is the ceiling of the Salle Académique, the original lecture hall of the University of Liège.

The latin writing is a commentary on the painting below. It reads something like 'This is how he personally crowns with laurels the hope of the sweet fatherland'. 'He' is King William I of the Netherlands, the guy in the centre of the painting. The text is a chronogram, if you add up the arithmetic values of the capital letters you get the date of completion of the Salle Académique, 1824. At the time Belgium was part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Il y a tout sauf la mer

A shopping bag of the Province of Liège. The motto says 'There's everything except the sea'.

Change of subject

It's time for a change of subject. Here's a photo of an impressive piece of graffiti next to the Bressoux train station.