Liège is a city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands and with Germany. In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region.
Image: Liege Palais Princes Eveques R01
Image: Royel Theatre Opéra Royal de Wallonie Liège
Image: Vue de la gare des Guillemins
Image: Eglise liege stbarthelemy janvier 2006
Walloon is a Romance language that is spoken in much of Wallonia and, to a very small extent, in Brussels, Belgium; some villages near Givet, northern France; and a clutch of communities in northeastern Wisconsin, U.S.
Hèsta, the Walloon name of the city of Herstal
An auberge's sign in Crupet
Bilingual French-Walloon street sign in Fosses-la-Ville
The singer William Dunker [wa] (right)