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Luik - St. Pauluskerk

City: The nickname of Liège is "La Cité Ardente", or "The Fiery City”. This name refers to the resistance of Liège during the siege of the town by Charles the Bold (1468). The city is still "fiery". Its energy is manifested through many important monuments, as well as administrative buildings, the University and the main shopping streets. The various old neighbourhoods of Liège host both historical remnants and fine modern buildings. Its other nickname is "the city with the hundred bell towers". This refers to the many religious buildings that are built here.

Building: St. Pauluskerk This former collegial church was founded in the 10th century. It was rebuilt between the 13th to the 15th century. The church was built on a small island which was flanked by the two branches of the River Meuse. It is a Gothic church made in sandstone quarried from Maastricht and Lorraine. The decorations on the vaulting and the stained glass are from the 13th up to the 16th century. The church was enhanced in the 19th century by paintings, furniture, sermon chair and more. By concordat the church was elevated to a cathedral in 1801.

Object: Photo 3 : In the stained glass we can see the signs used for Alpha and Omega. Alpha and Omega are the first and the last characters of the Greek alphabet. The Bible uses Alpha and Omega in referring to God. Photo 4 - 8: God’s name however is seen in a painting. It is not the spelling which we commonly see as the Tetragrammaton but it clearly does reflect God’s name.

 

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