La terre et ses habitants de la terre et de ses habitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Année : 1883 communes. 407 s'élève une colonne entourée par les Trois Grâces, remplace l'ancienne jyerroii wLich, le symbole de la libertés communales de la ville, détruit en l'an 1468- astrous. L'ancien palais du prince évêques est maintenant occupé par les cours de justice et les autorités provinciales. Ce grand édifice se dresse sur la Place St. Lambei^t, ainsi nommé d'après une somptueuse cathédrale, à laquelle chaque Liégeois était lié à un congé mais Avhich}^ legac a été démoli pendant la Révolution française. L

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The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita386recl Year: 1883 TOWNS. 407 rises a column surrounded by the three Graces, wLich replaces the ancient jyerroii, the symbol of the municipal liberties of the city, destroyed in the dis- astrous year 1468. The old palace of the prince bishops is now occupied by the courts of justice and the provincial authorities. This huge edifice stands on the Place St. Lambei^t, thus named after a sumptuous cathedral, to which every Liégeois was bound to leave a legac}^ but Avhich was demolished during the French Revolution. The university was established in 1817, by the Dutch, in an old Jesuit college, and possesses a valuable library, a collection of coins, a natural- history museum, and chemical laboratories. Including its affiliated institutions, it is attended by 970 students. The conservatory has trained several pupils who Fig. 227.—LikoE and the Confluence of the Meuse and Ourthe. Scale 1 : 80, 000. have acquired celebrity, and the courses of the Academy of Art are well attended. Monuments have been raised in honour of Dumont, the geologist; Grétry, the composer ; and Charlemagne, whom the Liégeois claim as one of their townsmen. Amongst the numerous churches that of St. Martin is historically the most interesting. During the popular revolt of 1312 the ' grandees ' sought a refuge in its tower, but were burnt alive in it by the populace. If local traditions can be credited, coal was first discovered near Liege, in the twelfth century, by a smith, and named houille, after Houllos, its discoverer. What- ever this etymology may be worth, * it proves, at all events, that coal, which is so * According to A. Scheler ('Dictionnaire d'étj-mologie française') the French word houille is derived from the German word Scholle.

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