Panoramas to explore
9 panoramas
Provincial Council Chamber
Jean-Charles Delsaux · 1849-1853
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A 19th-century neo-Gothic room built around a 17th-century baroque tribune. Two centuries face each other here without conflict. What strikes you first — the architecture or the silence?
The Tribune of Jean Del Cour
Jean Del Cour · 1685
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You're seeing the chamber from the tribune — where the clerk of the Aldermen's Court once sat. For centuries, justice was rendered from this very spot. Does it change the way you read the room?
The Staircase of Notger
Delsaux / Vieillevoye · 1849-1850
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He has been watching for a thousand years. Notger, first prince-bishop of Liège, greets every visitor at the top of this staircase — just as he founded the city spread out behind you. What do you feel climbing these steps?
The Entrance Hall · Neo-Gothic Vestibule
Jean-Charles Delsaux / Barthélemy Vieillevoye · milieu du XIXe siècle
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You step inside. Above you, a coffered ceiling with star-ribbed vaults rises between pointed arches. Before you, two symmetric flights of stairs lead up to the portraits of Notger and Érard de la Marck — two prince-bishops separated by five centuries. Which step will you climb first?
Provincial College Chamber · Telemachus Tapestries
Daniel Leyniers / Paul-Joseph Carpay · 1750-1751 · XIXe siècle
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Five people meet here every week to govern the province. Above you, the Olympian sky painted by Carpay. On the Hungarian oak furniture, the busts of former governors look on in silence as the College sits. What does it feel like, watched by all those gazes?
The Chinese Room
Paul-Joseph Delcloche · vers 1750
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Look up. A prince-bishop of the 18th century had the rites of the Chinese religion painted on the ceiling of his private council chamber. Why? What does that tell us about an era when the Orient was an absolute dream?
The Achilles Tapestry Salon
Manufacture d'Audenaarde · XVIIIe siècle
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Four tapestries tell the story of Achilles around you — Homer's hero in the Governor of Liège's reception room. Why Achilles here? What does this choice tell us about the power that decorated itself with these images?
The Green Salon · Carpay Cycle
Paul-Joseph Carpay · 1865-1881
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Four paintings tell twelve centuries of Liège history here — from the saint who prophesied the city's birth in 558, to the last prince-bishop walking out in 1794. The painter was forgotten for a hundred years. Look up: what do you see?
Hall of the Lost Steps · Peace of Fexhe Fresco
Émile Delpérée · vers 1890
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The passage councillors cross to reach the chamber. At the centre, Adolphe de La Marck signs the Peace of Fexhe, 18 June 1316 — six centuries before modern democracy, Liège gives itself a representative assembly. Why did the 1789 Liège revolutionaries have that date engraved on their badge?
