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254 Route 26. LIEGE. Palais de Justice,
On the N.E. the Place du Théatre(p. 250) is adjoined by the busy
Pracsk VeRTE (PI. B, 3) and the spacious Puace St. Lampzrr (Pl.
B, ©, 3), with the principal cafés of the town. Here once stood the
Cathedral of St. Lambert, ruined by the French sansculottes and
their brethren of Liége in 1794 and completely removed in 1808.
Here stood also the episcopal palace, which is now used as the —
*Palais de Justice (Pl. B, ©, 2), erected in 1526-40 by Car-
dinal Eberhard dela Marck. The fagade towards the Place St. Lambert
was re-erected in 1736-40 after its destruction by fire, and the whole
was restored in 1848-56, when the W. wing, accommodating the
Gouvernement Provincial, was erected; the W. fagade is embellished
with sculptures. The building contains two highly picturesque
courts, surrounded by vaulted arcades, exhibiting a curious blending
of the late-Gothic and Renaissance styles. The cleverly-executed
capitals consist of grotesque masks, fantastic foliage, figures, etc.
The first court, which serves as a public thoroughfare, has been in
part freely restored. The second court (entered also from the Rue
du Palais), which has arcades on two sides only, has been laid out
as a garden and contains several architectural fragments. The
buildings enclosing the second court contain, besides the court-
rooms, the Archives (adm. 9-3).
The GOUVERNEMENT ProyinciaL contains a series of handsome rooms
fitted up as a royal residence, which are, however, not always accessible
(adm. by the door on the W. side; portier in the hall, to the left). —
The Salle du Conseil Provincial contains an ancient carved throne; the so-
called Salle des Gobelins is hung with old Brussels tapestry by D. Leyniers
(4750).
The ground in front of the W. facade of the Gouvernement Pro-
vincial (see above) ascends rapidly, and the slope (Place Notger) is
embellished with pleasure-grounds and a fountain. At the corner to
the left is the Théatre du Gymnase. Opposite the N.W. angle of the
Gouvernement is the Station du Palais (p. 245), at the end of the
tunnels by which the junction-line passes under the lofty W. quarters
of the city. — The Rue Ste. Croix leads hence to the W. to the
church of that name (p. 254).
The Place St. Lambert is adjoined on the N.E. by the Praor
pu Marcus (Pl. C, 3), in which rises the Hotel de Ville, built in
1714-18 and containing several pictures and tapestries. Adjacent is
the domed church of St. Andrew (1772), now used as the Exchange.
The square contains also three baroque fountains. The Fontaine du
Perron in the centre, regarded as the emblem of the city, was
erected in 1696 from Delcour’s designs. The two others bear the
arms of the ‘bourguemaitres de la noble cité de Liége’, and those
of the Bavarian Palatinate (1749).
The adjacent church of Sr. ANTOINE (Pl. C, 2), built in the
13th cent., was rebuilt in the 17-48th cent. and restored in 1866.
The choir is embellished with four wood-carvings (1750) of scenes
from the life of St. Bruno, and frescoes by Carpay of subjects from |
