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	Liege, city, Belgium. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The city is modern yet retains some historic buildings, including a cathedral (founded 971), the Church of the Holy Cross (10th cent.), the Church of St. Denis (10th–11th cent.), and the 16th-century Palace of Justice (the former residence of the prince-bishops).
		The city is the cultural center for Belgium’s French-speaking population.
		The strongly fortified city, key to the Meuse valley, suffered numerous sieges in its history.
	www.bartleby.com /65/li/Liege-cit.html (581 words)

	Liège (city) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The city is the principal cultural centre of Wallonia and its inhabitants are predominately French-speakers.
		The city is an important transportation hub, linked by road and railway to Maastricht in the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Antwerp, and Aachen in Germany.
		The city, and the surrounding province, was ruled by a prince-bishop.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Luik (1025 words)

	Université de Liège - Relations internationales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Liege boasts a long cultural and artistic tradition, including an opera house and company, a philharmonic orchestra and prestigious museums.
		Liege is an urban area of 620,000 inhabitants (200,000 in the city).
		A cosmopolitan city, its foreign population amounts to 12.5% of the total population.
	www.ulg.ac.be /foreign/liege_en.html (270 words)

	AllRefer.com - LiEge, city, Belgium : History (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		This Peace of the Twenty-Two remained, albeit with interruptions, the basic guarantee of the constitutional liberty of the inhabitants of LiEge until 1792.
		The citizens of LiEge, encouraged by Louis XI of France, rose in rebellion, but Charles forced Louis to assist him in suppressing the revolt and then sacked the city (1468).
		In the 19th cent., LiEge was a center of Walloon particularism (see Walloons), rapid industrial growth as one of the earliest modern steelmaking centers, and social unrest.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Liege-cit-history.html (505 words)

	Liege, Belgium, Pictures
		The city is one of the most important river ports in Europe and the transportation and industrial center of eastern Belgium.
		The city was thereafter the scene of a long struggle between the prince-bishops and the burghers, but the prince-bishops retained almost constant control of their state until nearly the end of the 18th century.
		In 1794 the city was occupied by the French, and in 1815 it was annexed to the Netherlands.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Belgium/Liege_city.html (353 words)

	Université de Liège - Relations internationales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Though Liege is not a State capital, it is invested with important missions in diverse areas: political (as the capital of the Province); economic (the Vertbois site is the headquarters of many economic institutions of the Walloon Region); judiciary (tribunals and courts), educational (important network of secondary schools and higher education institutions), cultural, etc.
		Liege is a motorway interchange, an obligatory route to the Netherlands, Germany and all of central Europe.
		A tourist city, a city of hospitality, a passageway at the intersection of three borders, Liege is a cosmopolitan metropolis, as attested to by the composition of its population.
	www.ulg.ac.be /foreign/hist-lg.html (1415 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Notger, born in 930, is appointed by Otton as bishop of the diocese, with the double goal of defending the City as well as embellishing it to the standing required of a diocese capital city.
		The city and the bishop are face to face in the imperial tribunal of Wetzlar.
		The Forts and City Hall are peacefully occupied, the bishop is forced to ratify the reforms.
	www.vki.ac.be /~bottin/liege/lg_hist.html (2417 words)

	The Fortresses of Liège
		The city of Liege was devoid of defenses with the exception of two outdated forts, The Citadel, and La Chartreuse, which were built in the early 1800's.
		The trend in the 19th Century was to move the city defenses to the outskirts.
		The perimeter of the fortress ring was 52 kilometers and the average distance from the city center was 6.5 kilometers.
	www.geocities.com /~brialmont/forts.html (1088 words)

	LIEGE : INTRODUCING THE CITY OF LIEGE
		A city at the crossroads of Northern and Southern European culture.
		Liège is an old industrial center which faces the challenge of adapting to the 21st century.
		Take a walk through the old city center and discover the typical traffic-free alleys and shopping streets where terraces abound.
	www.trabel.com /luik/liege-introducing.htm (194 words)

	Belgian Tourist Office - official website - your definitive source of travel information on Belgium
		This is not surprising considering that the city is shaped by hills, criss-crossed by stairs and rising alleyways.
		On the terraces of the cafes, in the traditionally styled taverns, in the student bistros, everywhere the atmosphere is convivial and engaging.
		It is the center of Liege, and particularly in the neighboring streets and the district of Le Carre, that shopoholics will find everything to meet their requirements.
	www.visitbelgium.com /liege.htm (584 words)

	Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII Walkthrough/FAQ - IGN FAQs
		Officers serving other Lieges are not likely to be persuaded to join your city unless their LOY is dismally low (70 or less).
		This raises the Defense of the city, increasing the strength of the city wall during a siege.
		If the city of the Prefect is linked to the city of the Liege, the Liege can still issue orders directly to the city even if a policy has been assigned.
	faqs.ign.com /articles/374/374074p1.html (21014 words)

	Liege
		Unfortunately, as the names of the cities were different between the languages, the signs would also change.
		As the largest city in eastern Belgium, this name-flopping occured over a long distance and so was burned into my memory, thereby explaining part of my desire to go there.
		Across the city are two other Byzantine-style churches with their massive copper domes -- the Église Saint Vincent (visible at center in the third photo) and the Notre-Dame de Lourdes sitting high above the train station.
	www.tompgalvin.com /places/be/liege.htm (1159 words)

	Liege in the Reformation: text
		"The city of Liège is a maiden entirely virgin." With these words Etienne Rausin, a jurisconsult and burgomaster of Liège, in the presence of the city Council, defended his city before the Apostolic Nuncio in 1634.
		The prince and the city arrived at a compromise in 1533.
		The attitude of the city of Liège is apparent in the events surrounding the execution of Thomas Wathelet de Becco in 1562.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~hdiet/frmain.htm (5056 words)

	AllRefer.com - LiEge, city, Belgium (Benelux Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		194,596), capital of LiEge prov., E Belgium, at the confluence of the Meuse and Ourthe rivers, near the Dutch and German borders.
		Greater LiEge includes the suburbs of Herstal, OugrEe, and GrivegnEe.
		It is located on the Albert Canal and on the LiEge-Maastricht Canal and is the center of a road and rail network connecting Belgium and Germany.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/L/Liege-cit.html (274 words)

	Liège, page 1
		They succeeded in keeping Liege removed from the fearful wars that swept over Belgium and Europe in the late 1500's and 1600's preserving the economic base that was to make Liege an industrial pioneer in later times.
		The whole plan failed, the 600 Franchimontese were killed and the city was plundered for 7 weeks.
		The montagne de Bueren staircase was actually only built in 1880 to allow the soldiers of the garrison on top of the hill to go down to the center without having to pass through the dangerous little alleys.
	home.earthlink.net /~fgilmand/liege.htm (549 words)

	Liege / Luik, Belgium
		In 1467 the troops of Charles the Bold took the city and its fortifications were razed.
		The city rose again, but not even the efforts of 600 Franchimontois to break the siege could prevent the town being stormed, plundered and set ablaze again.
		Local government employees fearful of their salaries sought to bring attention to their demands by drastic action: firemen occupied public buildings and did not put out fires, civil servants threw mountains of files out of the offices onto the streets and the police supported it all by benevolent non-intervention.
	www.planetware.com /belgium/liege-luik-b-lg-ll.htm (943 words)

	Liege - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		City in eastern Belgium, capital of Liège Province, on the Meuse River.
		Travelling to Leige along the river Maas and through the lock onto the Albert canal to Leige is an adventure enough in itself, but once you hit Liege on a market day in the summer you are overwhelmed by the continental market atmoshpere.
		It can take a good long day to look at all the wonderfully fruitful stalls with products of every description, but the town centre has a variety of shops and cafes which are worth a visit and has its own continental atmosphere independent from the market.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /national-parks-international/liege (216 words)

	Liège, city, Belgium: History
		In the 1950s and 60s, the decline of the steel industry led to massive unemployment, and Liège was again a center of social and political unrest.
		Deciphering global epidemics: analytical approaches to the disease records of world cities, 1888-1912.
		The Ghost of Leopold II: The Belgian Royal Museum of Central Africa and its dusty colonialist exhibition.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0859280.html (518 words)

	Liege Guide - Railbookers.com
		You can watch the world go by from one of the cafés and bars on the north side of the square, or visit Liège's 18th century Town Hall south of the square.
		Local legend claims that Liège soldiers were led up the hill by Bueren to defeat Charles the Bold who took the city in 1468, however the steps were only built in 1880 to allows soldiers posted at the garrison at the top of the hill to visit the town safely.
		The Curtius Museum is housed in Curtius Palace which was home to the 17th century Liège gentleman Jean de Corte (whose latin name was Curtius).
	www.railbookers.com /breaks/guides/liege (876 words)

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		Comments: I haven't used this one, but if you're planning to take over a heavily guarded city this could be very useful.
		This increases the city's Defense during a siege.
		Either the city's Defense is high enough to withstand the siege, or it's low enough that having this skill won't make much of a difference.
	www.cheatcc.com /psx2/sg/romance_of_the_three_kingdoms_7.txt (22053 words)

	Electronic Management of Liège City Council's Files International Journal of Micrographics & Optical ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		IRIS Group has announced the extension of an existing contract with Liège City Council and the delivery of 9 new licences for IRISPdf, its professional PDF file generation solution.
		Liège City Council recently equipped the counters of its Foreign Nationals section with 8 new scanning stations, each of which comprises a Kodak i40 scanner, the KODAK Capture Software product and the IRISPdf solution.
		Etienne Van de Kerckhove, CEO of IRIS, said "The successful installation of an Intelligent Document Reading (IDR) and Electronic Document Management (EDM) system for Liège City Council is a good illustration [of] the benefits of IRIS technologies for government agencies.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4077/is_200601/ai_n16123505 (781 words)

	Liege - The Hot Blooded City, Liege Tourism and Things to Do - IgoUgo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The main reason I went to Liege was the weekly Sunday market called 'La Batte'.
		Description: It got the nickname "The Hot Blooded City" because of the many revolts against foreign rulers by the people living here.
		It is a bit run down and I don't have a burning desire to see it again but I did enjoy my brief visit.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journal.asp?JournalID=1774 (316 words)

	Liege hotels. Save up to 60% off rates on all hotels in Liege
		Liege Forum - Share your stories and get travelling advice on Liege.
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	www.hotelclub.net /hotel.reservations/Liege.htm (64 words)

	TrekEarth \| Liège My City Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the time of the day of the inheritance the tower of the Memorial interallied with Cointe, was accessible, which enabled me to take this panorama of my city which is Liege.
		On the left one sees station TGV in full evolution, it misses only the two caps to see the final form.
		The picture has a good range of colour and the blue sky gives extra impact to the scene.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Europe/Belgium/photo470586.htm (648 words)

	Liège City -
		Et à côté des ces différentes manifestations, les organisateurs ont mis sur pied un grand concours photo, ouvert à tous, avec à la clé pour le gagnant, un city trip à Paris.
		La fin pour le journal « Le Jour »
		Liège City : webzine sur la ville de Liège.
	www.liegecity.be /pages/index.php (885 words)

	Liège, city, Belgium — Infoplease.com
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