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    The Citadel of Liège (French: Citadelle de Liège) was the central fortification of the strategic Belgian city of Liège, Wallonia, until the end of the...
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  • Antwerp Citadel, Belgium (demolished) Citadel of Dinant, Belgium Citadel of Huy, Belgium Citadel of Liège, Belgium (partially demolished) Citadel of Namur...
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    (Liège) 3–7 August 1914 Hoet, J. C. Histoire des fortifications de Liège The Battle of Liège, 1914 Siege of Liège, 5–15 August 1914 The Fortresses of Liège...
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    to the public. Together with Huy, Liège and Namur, the Citadel of Dinant forms part of the so-called Meuse Citadels. Beyaert, Marc (2006). "Villes d'Eau...
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    with those at Dinant, Huy and Liège, the Citadel of Namur forms part of the so-called Meuse Citadels. The original citadel dates to 937. It achieved its...
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    The citadels were originally intended to defend the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and County of Namur and were later modernized during the periods of French...
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    Commons has media related to Liège. Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Liège. Official website of the city of Liège Liège congres Archived 15 July 2006...
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    of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia...
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    Together with Dinant, Liège and Namur, the Citadel of Huy forms part of the so-called Meuse Citadels. The site of the citadel has been fortified since...
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    The Republic of Liège (French: République liégeoise) was a short-lived state centred on the town of Liège in modern-day Belgium. The republic was created...
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    The fortified position of Liège (French: position fortifiée de Liège [PFL]) was established after the First World War by Belgium to block the traditional...
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    Monster Mortar (category Mortars of Belgium)
    Mortar (French: Mortier Monstre) was one of the largest mortars ever developed. Also called Leopold or the Liège mortar, the 24 inches (610 mm) caliber...
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    Dinant (category Sub-municipalities of Dinant)
    Burgundy, uncle of Louis de Bourbon, Prince-Bishop of Liège, and Philip’s son Charles the Bold punished an uprising in Dinant during the Liège Wars, by casting...
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  • construction begins. 1255 - Citadel of Liège built. 1316 - Paix de Fexhe [fr] signed, establishing a somewhat representative government in Liège. 1319 - Saint-Julien...
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    the Cathedral of Our Lady and St. Lambert; French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Lambert) was the Roman Catholic cathedral of Liège, modern-day Belgium...
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    Fort de la Chartreuse (category Fortifications of Liège)
    of the country's overall National Redoubt. In 1891 a royal decree downgraded the fort and the nearby Citadel of Liège, following the construction of twelve...
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    Namur (redirect from Capital of Wallonia)
    when the Merovingians built a castle or citadel on the rocky spur overlooking the town at the confluence of the two rivers. In the 10th century, it became...
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  • Hendrik Bosch (category Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion)
    defended the citadel of Liège. Major general Jan Verveer, who was asked by the Dutch government to reform the colonial administration of the Dutch Gold...
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    Huy (redirect from History of Huy)
    Lotharingia 855–959 Duchy of Lower Lorraine 959–985 Prince-Bishopric of Liège 985–1789 Republic of Liège 1789–1791 Prince-Bishopric of Liège 1791–1795 French Republic...
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    county were annexed. The city of Dinant, for example, came into possession of Liège. From the 12th century on, the counts of Namur managed to more or less...
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    of Liège, started on 18 August 1789 and lasted until the destruction of the Republic of Liège and re-establishment of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège by...
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  • protected heritage sites in Liège (province) Liège Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cultural heritage monuments in Liège. Belgian heritage register:...
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    Fort de Fléron (category Fortified position of Liège)
    is one of twelve forts built around Liège, Belgium, in the late 19th century. The overall Fortified Position of Liège was a constituent part of the country's...
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    Netherlands during the Belgian Revolution, creating the modern state of Belgium. Republic of Liège Brabant Revolution "Henri de Crumpipen". Archived from the original...
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    entered Liège on November 28 under the acclamations of the inhabitants; the rest was sent to undertake the siege of Namur. Due to the proximity of the Austrian...
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    units from Liège were sent to Namur along the Meuse valley and the experience gained in the operation against the Fortified Position of Liège, led the attacking...
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    Menno van Coehoorn (category Dutch military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
    Coehoorn and 'D' for Deventer. Nieuwpoort Maastricht Bergen op Zoom Brussels Liège Charleroi Namur Huy Mons Ostend His ideas remained untested until the 1688-1697...
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    year (Aegaeum 20). Liège and Austin: University of Liège. pp. 93–102. Clarke, Edward Daniel (1814). Travels in Various Countries of Europa, Asia and Africa:...
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    Lucien Brouha (category Academic staff of the University of Liège)
    memorialis L'Université de Liège de 1936 à 1966: Notices historiques et biographiques [A Memorial Book The University of Liège from 1936 to 1966: Historical...
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    cyclist. He is seen as one of the best Belgian cyclists of the 1950s and 1960s. His best season was 1962, when on the citadel of Namen he became Belgian...
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