Liège has a thousand stories. We will tell them to you.

There are cities that you visit. And others that you learn to read. In Liège, a facade can tell a story of rebellion, a street preserves the memory of a vanished trade, a staircase leads to several centuries of history. We pass through these places every day. Yet behind the familiar stones and squares, another city waits to be noticed.

A city that has never let itself be easily told about

Liège has not had a quiet history. It was an ecclesiastical principality, a center of power, a city of trades and political struggles. It has seen destruction, reconstruction, industrial upheavals, and urban transformations. The Palais des Princes-Évêques recalls the power of the past. Place Saint-Lambert bears the memory of a cathedral that no longer exists. The hills of the Citadel preserve paths and landscapes that sometimes seem to defy time.

But the history of Liège is not limited to its monuments. It also belongs to the workers, the merchants, the artisans and the families, those whose names are not always found in the books but who nevertheless contributed to building the city.

Telling rather than simply explaining

Each episode will start from a place, an event, a time or a question. We will seek to reconstruct the context, understand the decisions and trace the visible traces today. Historical documents, archives and heritage photographs will accompany the narratives when their use is possible.

We will also take the time to distinguish the established facts from the legends passed down from generation to generation. Liège has enough extraordinary stories to ensure that no need to invent them.

See you on November 12th

This series is aimed at both the people of Liège who are attached to their city and visitors, newcomers and those who have left the region without ever truly leaving it behind. The first episode will be broadcast on Liège 360 on Thursday 12 November.

In the meantime, take the time to observe the city. Look up. Look at the old inscriptions, the discreet passages, the facades whose origin is no longer known. Sometimes, history begins just a few meters from your home.