Church of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes

The Church of the Sacred Heart and Our Lady of Lourdes is a monumental concrete church in Art Deco style. The building was built from 1928 to 1936 as an Allied memorial of the First World War. The church was desecrated in 2010 and classified as a Walloon heritage site in 2011. Since May 2011, it is for sale.

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Located at the foot of Cointe hill not far from the station of Guillemins, the Russian Orthodox Church has architecture typical of its home country with its 6 blue bulbous bell turrets. The building, inaugurated in 1953, was built by Russian emigrants who had fled after the Bolshevik takeover. The previous place of worship - rue Mère-Dieu - had been destroyed by a flying bomb in 1944. It preserves beautiful icons in its interior.

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The synagogue of Liege was designed by the architect Joseph Remont and consecrated in the year 1899. The building was constructed in the Italianate, or Neo-Tuscan, style. The horizontal emphasis of the main façade which is typical for the Italianate building style, is strengthened by the relatively modest towers and the horizontal decorative bands. The arched windows and entrances, supported by small columns, are, however, reminiscent of examples found in Moorish architecture. The interior of the synagogue is based on a basilical layout; the longitudinal nave is divided into three aisles through the use of column arcades which support the women's gallery. The focal point of the interior is the apse located at the opposite side of the main entrance and contains the Torah ark and bimah.

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Cathedral of Saint Paul, Liège

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