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Cointe Observatory (french: Observatoire de Cointe), situated in the district of in
Cointe Observatory (french: Observatoire de Cointe), situated in the district of in 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 b ...
, Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
,http://sprecomah.eu/rlicc/images/newsletter/rliccnews080701_96dpi.pdf was built by the University of Liège
The University of Liège (french: Université de Liège), or ULiège, is a major public university of the French Community of Belgium based in Liège, Wallonia, Belgium. Its official language is French. As of 2020, ULiège is ranked in the 301 ...
in 1881–82 to plans by the architect Lambert Noppius.
The building, in a medieval revival style, is sited in a private park formerly the estate of the wealthy industrialist Vanderheyden de Hauzeur family. It accommodated the university's Institute of Astrophysics, later the Institute of Astrophysics and Geophysics, until 2002, when the institute was moved to the Sart-Tilman campus.
As of 2008 the building was occupied by the ''Société Astronomique de Liège'', but was in the course of renovation with the intention that it should house the ''Service Régional des Fouilles Archéologiques''.
See also
*List of astronomical observatories
This is a list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location. The list also includes a final year of operation for many observatories that are no longer in ...
References
Sources
* Houziaux, L. (ed. Eugène Wahle) 1981: ''L'astronomie et l'astrophysique dans Apports de Liège au progrès des sciences et des techniques''External links
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