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Hôtel D'Ansembourg
The Hôtel d'Ansembourg is a former Baroque hôtel particulier in Liège, Belgium, located between Féronstrée and quai de Maestricht. History It was built between 1738 and 1741 as Hôtel Willems to designs by Johann Joseph Couven, though the decoration took a few more years to complete. The foundry formerly on the site (part of the collégiale Saint-Barthélemy) was demolished to make way for it. It was built by and for the rich Eupenois banker and merchant Michel Willems and his family. He mainly made his fortune as a merchant in 'Cordoba leather' (leather gilded at Malines) in Verviers, then as a banker, particularly to the prince-bishops of Liège. In 1780 Willem's son Nicolas retired to Amstenrade Castle, which he largely rebuilt, and eight years later he died without issue, leaving the hôtel and his other properties to the daughter of his sister Marie-Anne-Victoire de Hayme de Bomal1, wife of count Joseph-Romain de Marchant d'Ansembourg, nephew of François-Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about north-east). In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the '' sillon industriel'', the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The municipality consists of the following districts: Angleur, , Chênée, , Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liège, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Liège
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansembourg Museum
The Ansembourg Museum (''Musée d'Ansembourg'', ) is a museum in the Belgian city of Liège. It is housed in the hôtel d'Ansembourg on Féronstrée in the historic heart of the city. History Its collections originated as part of those of the Institut archéologique liégeois (IAL), founded on 4 April 1850. Its archaeological and decorative arts collections were displayed in the Prince-Bishops' Palace (Liège), Prince-Bishops' Palace, then in the University of Liège, university library, then in l'Émulation (the headquarters of the Société libre d'émulation, a literary, artistic and scientific society) and finally in a gallery solely devoted to the IAL's collections in one of the wings of the Palace on 12 October 1874. In 1901 the city council and the IAL acquired the Curtius Palace to house the city's archaeological and decorative arts collections - the archaeology and some of the decorative arts objects are still on display there as the Curtius Museum. On 12 February 1903 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
