Liege

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Liège, Walloon Lîdje, Dutch Luik, German Lüttich, is the cultural centre of the Walloon region of Belgium and the capitol of the province of Liège and seat of a roman-catholic bishop. Liege has about 186,000 inhabitants.

The Romans founded the city as „Leodicum“ or „Vicus Leodicus“. up from 717 Liege was seat of a bishop and became a cultural centre in the middle age. The first bishop was Lambertus, who became a roman-catholic saint afterwards. Most reigner of Liege were leading aristocrats of the Roman Empire of German Nation. In the Frensh Revolution the cathedral was despoiled and particular burned down. Between 1888 and 1892 Liege was constructed to a bastion. In the 19th century the city lived on coal-mining, steel industry and trade.

Today Liege has an university and an inner harbour. It is a crossing point on European railway rotes, too. The city got a lot of problems up from the 1970's by downrising of coal-mining and steel industry. So Liege lives mainly on being a connection point in international trade the and a great browery. Liege has one of the highest criminal rates in the European Union.