LIÈGE (Germ., Lüttich·, Dutch, Luik; Walloon, Lige-, usually Latinized as Leodium), a city of Belgium, the chief town of the province of Liége, is situated in 50° 39' N. lat. and 5° 3Γ E. long., 56 miles east of Brussels (62J by rail), and 16 miles south-south west of Maestricht. It occupies a remarkably fine position on the banks of the Meuse, which at this point is joined by the Ourthe. On the left-hand side stands the older city with the citadel and the more important historical buildings; on the right hand lies the lower and more modern portion, commanded by the fort of the Chartreuse. The river, there 460 feet across, is spanned by several bridges, of which the Pont des Arches, rebuilt in 1860-63, dates originally from the 8th century, and plays a prominent part in the local annals. Place St Lambert is the historical centre of Liege. Here still stands the noble building—erected (1508-40) by Cardinal de la Marek in a late Gothic style—which down to the revolution was the palace of the prince-bishops, and is now with its modern extensions occupied by the public courts and other administrative offices. And here, till it was ruined by the revolutionists in 1794, and completely removed in 1808, stood the old cathedral of St Lambert, originally founded in 712, and rebuilt after a great fire at the close of the 12th century. The rank of cathedral was in 1802 transferred to the abbey-church of St Paul, the foundation of which is assigned to 968, though the nave is no older than the 16th century, and the choir belongs to 1280. The stained glass and the wood carving of the pulpit by Geefs deserve particular mention. Other churches of note are St Jacques, a fine Gothic building founded in 1016, with a Romanesque west tower and a polygonal choir; St Barthélemy, a ...