City: The nickname of Liège is
"La Cité Ardente", or "The Fiery City”.
This name refers to the 'fiery' 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. Antoine and St. Catherine
church
The first church in Liège which was dedicated
to St. Catherine and was built at the beginning of the 12th
century. In 1358 the church was moved or, in other words,
a new church was built at another location. This second church
of St. Catherine was built in the Gothic style. This church
was destroyed in the 1691 bombardments on the city by French
troops as a reprisal. The church was immediately rebuilt,
this time in the baroque style. When the church Saint Antoine
was closed down this name was added to the churchof St. Catherine.
Object: God’s name is seen in a triangle above
the high altar. It is written in the Hebrew JHWH with the
vowels e-o-a (read from right to leftside). The pronouncement
becomes `Jehowah' or `Jehovah'.
